sjar Chapter 113 Marriage
Chapter 113 Marriage
The army returned to the capital. Shen Yining was waiting at the city gate before dawn. They had not returned to the capital for half a year, but the three of them were listless and silent all the way.
Seeing the army, Shen Yining ran out of the city gate, and Shen Changjun dismounted to meet them.
"Where's Xiaoyuan! Big brother!" Shen Yining ran breathlessly and looked around anxiously.
Shen Changjun took out the four words and handed them to Shen Yining.
"Nothing's wrong, don't worry. Where's Xiao Yuan?"
Shen Changjun didn't know how to start, so he held his sister. Eunuch Li in the palace went out of the city gate and announced the decree: "His Majesty summons His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the two generals to enter the palace immediately!"
The three of them received the order. Shen Yining held the four characters, tears dripping onto the paper. The prince said, "Cousin Yining, why don't you go together? Qizhu is in the palace, so you two sisters can chat. How about that?"
Shen Yining sobbed and looked up: "Okay."
Shen Changjun carried her onto the horse and rode to the palace gate. Qizhu was also waiting at the palace gate. She passed the prince and saw Shen Yining, whose eyes were red with tears. She hurriedly hugged her and said, "Yining, why didn't you come to see me these days? Don't cry! Come on, I'll give you some sugar water!"
"Sister, Xiao Yuan...he still hasn't come back!"
Eunuch Li looked at him and respectfully reminded him, "Miss Shen, why don't we go outside the palace together? I'm afraid... you will be summoned to give advice."
Shen Yining raised her head with red eyes. Although she didn't know what it was, she still agreed without hesitation: "Okay!"
Qizhu accompanied her outside the palace, and soon she was summoned into the palace. Shen Yining had stopped crying and went in politely: "My daughter Shen Yining greets His Majesty. May His Majesty be well!"
Emperor Yan said solemnly, "Little Yining, get up! You were just a baby in swaddling clothes before, but now you are a grown-up girl. I heard that... you and Xiao Yuan are engaged after the New Year?"
When Shen Yining mentioned Song Xiaoyuan, her nose felt sore, but she still held it back politely: "Your Majesty, yes! Yining and Lord Song are engaged."
Emperor Yan walked out of the imperial desk and stood in the crowd: "Yining, Xiao Yuan is still alive. I received an imperial edict from the Qiang Kingdom, and the Qiang Kingdom specifically wants you to go as the bride."
Shen Yining looked up in disbelief. Emperor Yan continued, "There is one more thing. The one who is going to marry the Qiang Kingdom may be your second brother, Shen Changqing."
"What!" Shen Yining was even more unconvinced at this moment: "Impossible, Changqing is dead."
Shen Changjun continued: "Changqing is not dead. Xiaoyuan told me so himself."
"Where is Xiao Yuan? Is it the Qiang Kingdom?"
Zhao Jinmo continued: "Yes, Lord Song is in Qiang State, he..."
"What's wrong with him..." Shen Yining was about to tear the handkerchief.
"Xiao Yuan is trapped in Qiang State and can't get out..." The prince hung his head in dejection.
Shen Yining stepped back. Zhao Jinmo thought of Song Xiaoyuan whom he saw on the wall and did not dare to speak again.
Qizhu supported her, and Shen Yining murmured again and again: "Xiaoyuan is trapped in Qiang State and can't get out..."
Emperor Yan spoke in sorrow: "Yining, Shen Changqing of Qiang wants you to marry him, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I...I am engaged to Xiao Yuan!"
"So you don't want to marry?" Emperor Yan asked
Shen Yining raised her head and said, "No, my daughter is willing. My daughter is willing to go to marry."
Qizhu interrupted: "Yining, you go and marry...Mr. Song..."
"Xiao Yuan is trapped in Qiang country. I have been waiting for him for a long time. If he can't come out, I will go find him. Changqing... now that he has trapped Xiao Yuan, he must be using Xiao Yuan to vent his anger. I will go!"
Shen Changjun supported: "Yining, Xiaoyuan is injured! Very seriously! Big brother will protect you and go with you."
When Shen Yining heard that he was injured, he recalled the dream in which he was lying in a pool of blood that day, and his heart trembled.
"Your Majesty, I will go today! My elder brother just came back so I don't need him to escort me. I can go alone."
"Changjun, you don't have to go. Your father has already told me that if Yining agrees to go, your father will escort you."
Emperor Yan conferred the title of Princess Ning'an on Shen Yining. Shen Yining just wanted to go as soon as possible. She didn't care if the wedding dress didn't fit her. She set off without even changing it...
Zhao Jinmo had not been home for more than half a year. He hurriedly reported his safety and asked to go to Tongzhou garrison to serve and gain experience. He would return to Beijing after the matter was over. Everyone knew the reason for the battle, so they persuaded Emperor Yan to agree. In this way, Shen Rushan did not go, and Zhao Jinmo escorted Shen Yining to Tongzhou.
On the way, Shen Yining learned to ride a horse so that he could see Xiao Yuan sooner! The carriage was too slow.
Song Xiaoyuan had just fallen to the ground after vomiting blood due to the poison. Through the light from the roof, he looked at the green ring on his hand. There was blood on the corner of his mouth but he was smiling happily. He did not bring the sachet with him when he entered the palace for fear of dirtying it. The only ring he had lost was finally found. It was the engagement gift from Yi Ning to him!
Shen Changqing was also very happy as he received a reply from the Liao Kingdom that the marriage team would arrive next month.
Yaojiu brought the medicine into the hall: "Master, drink the medicine!"
Shen Changqing picked up the bottle and drank it all: "Yaojiu, Yining is coming. Do you still remember her cute appearance and send you food from the capital?"
"Remember, my lord..." Yaojiu wanted to give him some advice, but was afraid that Alianyi would collapse, so she had to take the medicine out.
At that time, she was arranged by the saint to bring the fake-dead Shen Changqing back to the Qiang Kingdom. He was clearly a handsome man. When she woke up, she was confused and uneasy. She could not accept such a fate. She tried every way to escape from the Qiang Kingdom, but was caught every time. The saint locked him up in the palace, forced him to watch the music every day, forced him to be the monarch, and if he didn't want to, she would lock him up in the dark palace. The young man went crazy and hated everything! He hurt Yaojiu several times, and asked her madly why she brought him back! It was clear that he was going to marry Yining, and he had a family, a happy family, why did she play with her own destiny like this...
Gradually, Shen Yining became his obsession. Since he couldn't return to Liao, he would become the monarch of Qiang. Yining would always be his! As a result, when everything was done, the spy reported that Shen Yining was engaged to Song Xiaoyuan. It happened that his sister was also obsessed with Song Xiaoyuan. He wanted to destroy him. No one was worthy of his Yining!
"Song Xiaoyuan."
Song Xiaoyuan turned his head and looked at Shen Changqing standing against the light, unwilling to pay any attention to him.
Shen Changqing was happy and not annoyed: "Yining agreed, she is coming to marry me!"
"Really? You still involved her in this." Song Xiaoyuan on the ground spoke lightly, with no emotion in his voice.
Shen Changqing hesitated: "You really don't understand love, so why did you get engaged to her?"
Song Xiaoyuan didn't reply, but he didn't get angry. He continued, "But your marriage is over. In the end, she will only be mine...Alianyi's!"
By now, the elegant young man Shen Changqing had long died in that snowy winter, and now only the paranoid Alianyi is left!
Song Xiaoyuan walked to the cage with difficulty: "Alianyi, you will hurt Yining like this!"
Alianyi waved his sleeves: "No! I won't. But you, don't even think about seeing her!"
Song Xiaoyuan didn't want Yining to see him like this, so he sat weakly on the edge of the cage, looking up at Alianyi who ordered people to cover the roof. The poison always attacks at night, and if he can't tell the difference between day and night, Song Xiaoyuan will fall into endless pain.