Chapter 4
Xi mother also heard some words, then relieved: “Princess residence is good ah, noble, that son and read a lot of poetry, the examination will certainly be high school, the future career is smooth. The fourth highness side, who knows what it is like? Besides, the Empress is here, and the Marquis of Yongan is here, how can they give the Fourth Highness a good time? Madam, our third girl can’t afford to gamble, seize the moment is real!”
Mother Xi is the most considerate, and her words made madam’s brows relax and smile, “Yes, I can’t let Xiangzhi take a risk on something that has no shadow.”
Feixue endured all the way, followed Xiangmian back to the house before cursing: “Why? They are all girls from the State Duke’s residence, isn’t this bullying you for being a motherless child?!”
In Fufeng Xuan, Feiyun and the girls knew that Rong Xiangmian’s marriage had been finalized, and each of them was so angry that they cried.
Linlang was busy giving Xiangmian an idea: “Miss, let’s go and ask Concubine Hui, isn’t she looking for someone for you? Why don’t we also say that we have already promised someone else, can’t we?”
Rong Xiangshi shook his head, “Father has already promised, His Majesty’s golden words, how can Lady Hui say anything more? Don’t cause her any trouble.”
The maids saw that she wasn’t sad, and one of them was a bit puzzled.
She said, “Until the end, who knows if it’s a blessing or a curse? Things have come to this, so think on the bright side.”
“What’s the good part?” Feixue muttered.
Rong Xiangmian’s thoughts were not enough to tell them all for them, she casually said one, “I can finally meet the Fourth Highness! I’ve always heard the Sixth Princess reciting about him, and I’m curious.”
The Fourth Highness that the Sixth Princess spoke of was an extremely friendly person. In the beginning, as Empress Yu’s son, the only first son of the Middle Palace, he was favored by thousands but had no arrogance, and loved this sister very much. In fact, Xiangmian had some pity for what happened to him, once he fell from the sky to the ground, how much must it hurt?
If he is a friendly person, then in the future to get along, about will not be difficult. With the painful lesson from her last life, she was already content to meet a pillow person who would not poison herself.
The fact that the fourth girl of the Rong family was going to be betrothed to the Fourth Highness quickly spread throughout the palace.
Early this morning, in the Chengqian Palace, all the concubines were greeting the Empress, and had no choice but to talk about this. The Empress laughed coldly and said, “The fourth daughter of the Duke of England and His Majesty’s Fourth Highness are a good match.”
These were kind words, but the Empress’ tone and demeanor was another layer of disdain. Concubine Yi, who was the most loyal to the Empress, immediately picked up, “A horse-taming girl’s concubine daughter, paired with the son of a concubine from a sinful minister’s house, it’s really a good match .”
After saying this, the Empress really laughed, but on her lips she criticized, “Concubine Yi has been in the palace for a short period of time, so be careful with your words.” Concubine Yi immediately got up, “Yes, I honor the Empress’ teachings.”
The concubines dispersed, and Shukui Concubine and Hui Concubine returned to Fu Ning Palace together. Rong Xiangmian and Sun Mingyue were already waiting in the palace.
Rong Xiangmian was grown up under the watchful eye of Concubine Hui, and the Fourth Highness is now the nominal child of Concubine Shu, and the two ladies are most concerned about their marriage.
Shuji Feifei a piece of mind, Hui Fei but difficult to calm, straight said: “you ah, as a mother-in-law got a good daughter-in-law, and I, is another far married a daughter.”
Ming Yue is also like a sister in general, to see each other assured: “If married to Yangzhou, I do not know when I can see you. If the Sixth Princess hears about this, I don’t know what she will do!”
Noble Consort Shu laughed: “She should be happy. Both of you have become her sister-in-laws and are even closer.” And then lowered her voice: “Empress Dowager will celebrate her seventieth birthday next year, and is preparing to use this as an excuse to take Fourth Highness back to the capital.”
“Is that so?” Concubine Hui was a bit disbelieving, “How come there’s no wind at all?”
“The Empress Dowager’s intention is to keep it quiet for now, lest the Zhang family cause more trouble . Moreover, who wouldn’t add flowers to the brocade, but the Rong family is willing to send charcoal in the snow, this friendship and loyalty, the empress dowager and his majesty find it even more valuable.”
Noble Consort Shu’s words made everyone present have an epiphany.
No wonder it was so difficult for the prince to negotiate a marriage, but the Empress Dowager and the Emperor didn’t mind. It turned out that this marriage was meant to be a trial, and the Rong family became the one to pass the trial.
This is what made Princess Hui happy, hurriedly pulling the hands of the two juniors: ”Excellent! You can all stay in the capital!”
Consort Hui was not happy for long. The palace sent someone to Yangzhou to convey the will to bestow the marriage, and used the Empress Dowager’s advanced age and longing for her grandchildren as the reason to fetch the Fourth Highness back, only to receive a message from the Qi family’s army: the Fourth Highness had already left Yangzhou, traveling outside, and there was no word from him for the time being.
His Majesty was furious and rebuked: “Ungrateful thing! I let him follow the Qi family army to experience, not to let him go to swim in the mountains, unwilling to come back, then stay in Yangzhou and never come back!”
When this news reached the British Duke’s Mansion, Rong Xiangmian knew that she might have to stay in Yangzhou forever as well.
The people around her were even more excited than she was. Even her elder brother, Rong Xiang Gu, had no desire to study anymore, and scolded himself for being a nerd, and he only realized that things had been finalized.
Rong Xiang Gu calmed them down one by one, and then went to his mother’s grave in Xishan Mountain to inform her of this matter, apologizing to his mother, “I won’t be able to come to see you every year in the future, so watch over me from heaven!”
The Ministry of Ceremony and the Qin Tian Supervisor set the wedding date in May of the following year, and the ceremony of asking for the name and auspiciousness was organized step by step.
Married to the Changguo Gongfu’s second sister Rong Xiangyu, actively invited Xiangmian to participate in a variety of poetry clubs, elegant gatherings, ball clubs …… encountered in the capital of the noble family members of Rong Xiangmian all hold pity for Rong Xiangmian. Even the ones who love to mock her origin, are much more tolerant of her, as if she has little time left and will soon die.
While the Duke of England’s House was preparing the dowry, a military report from Western Qin interrupted everything. Father was summoned to the palace and practically lived there, not returning for several days. Rong Xiangmei heard the news brought out by the boy: West Qin is at war!
Western Qin terrain is complex and bizarre, there are countless invisible deep pits and holes in the ground, swampy turbulence. In the previous dynasty, there was a large army attacked, buried an elite, so, our army against the Western Qin country only to defense as the upper.
This time, when the war started, it was West Qin that first mobilized its men, invading from several small places near Yangzhou at the same time, wantonly burning, killing and looting, and only then did the army under the command of Old General Qi make a big counter-attack.
After listening to his fifth brother Xiangwang for half a day, Rong Xiangmian knew that this was a difficult matter and that the chances of winning were not great.
Since then, the female members of the Rong family have been going to the family shrine every day to beg their ancestors to bless the war with fewer deaths and injuries.
On this day, the Duke of England finally returned from the palace. The family immediately surrounded him and asked how the war was going.
The British Duke, however, smiled and pulled Rong Xiangmian to his side and said, “Fourth Highness, it was a good one.”
“What?” Rong Xiangmi did not understand, “Isn’t he traveling outside? What does it have to do with him?”
The Duke of England looked agitated, “What traveling? That was to settle the empress dowager’s heart! Fourth Highness led the young scions under Old General Qi’s command and learned the Western Qin language since childhood. In their early years, they mixed into the villages of Western Qin, pretending to be orphans left over from the battles in the borderlands, and were recruited into the army by the local Western Qin army.”
“What? He’s been in Western Qin all these years?!” Everyone let out the same exclamation.
The British Duke couldn’t be bothered to reply, “They spent several years slowly figuring out the deployment of the Western Qin garrison, those dangerous terrains, and other key information, all of which they secretly sent over. This time, the attack seems to be a counterattack, but in reality, the time is already ripe to close the net. At the moment, the army has been in the mountains of Western Qin, breaking down the enemy’s defense one by one. “