The sixth day of March was the busiest day in Feng City.
Because it was the birthday of the Dahui Country's Emperor.
On this day, the Emperor would sit in an open carriage and tour the streets to express his condolences to the people of Feng City.
Especially this year, the sixth day of March was the fiftieth birthday of the Emperor. In the past, Feng City would be bustling with noise and excitement from late February.
However, in the first month of this year, a large number of refugees from the northern region of the Dahui Country bordering the Blood Hades had poured into Feng City, causing the people of Feng City to complain.
At the beginning of the second month, the Emperor had ordered the government to arrest the refugees one by one and put them in the prison of Feng City.
Perhaps the Emperor was worried that the people would lose interest in the celebration of the Emperor's birthday, so in late February, the Third Princess of the Dahui Country would come to Hongyan Tai in person on the sixth day of the lunar month. She would throw an embroidered ball to choose her husband.
This news made the people of Feng City very enthusiastic.
It was said that the Third Princess was talented and beautiful, virtuous and virtuous. She was the Emperor's favorite daughter.
As a result, not only the people of Feng City, but also the neighboring Jin and Xiu Cities, as well as the six small towns that were interspersed between them, all of the people who heard the news and happened to be unmarried, rushed to the Imperial Capital's Hongyan Tai on the sixth day of the New Year.
This was a great opportunity bestowed by the heavens. It was enough to make an unknown or destitute man rise to a member of the royal family in an instant and enjoy endless glory, splendor, wealth, and rank.
Such a good thing, who didn't want to try their luck?
It was nothing more than squeezing in the crowd, stretching out their hands and catching the ball.
But it was also an opportunity to become the Emperor's son-in-law.
No one wanted to miss this opportunity.
…
"What?
Xiyue?! "When Su Shuiyue received this information, she was so shocked that she almost jumped up from her chair.
"Yes, Long Xiyue is looking for a husband for the Third Princess.
This is an open secret in the palace today. "Feng Caiyun sighed.
She came back from the Empress Dowager's at noon and confirmed the authenticity of the rumor.
"Why?
Didn't they say that a monarch's word is not a joke? "
Su Shuiche murmured, "Since it was announced that the Third Princess was looking for a husband, why did she change Xiyue at the last minute?"
Long Xiyue, like her, came from a different time and space. Su Shuiche didn't want her marriage to be so casual.
How could such a straightforward and candid woman's life be decided by an embroidered ball?
If, if the embroidered ball was taken by a scoundrel, would she have to marry him?
How could the ruler of the Dahui Kingdom be so muddle-headed?
First, it was the Third Princess. Then, it was the Long Xiyue … Could it be that a woman's marriage was so helpless?
Just because of the Monarch's joking words, he had to follow his fate?
Su Shuiche thought of the former Suzhou. Although most marriages had to follow the arrangements of the family, especially for a large family like the Su Family's mansion.
But at least the man and woman could interact with each other for a period of time before marriage. They could know what kind of man the husband they were going to spend the rest of their lives with was and what kind of advantages and disadvantages he had.
But now, Xiyue, she, completely relied on an embroidered ball that she could no longer control once it was thrown out to decide on the man she would share the same life with in the future. This, for Xiyue, who came from the twenty-first century where the customs were already open, where marriage was free, just how cruel of a thing was this!
"It's because the Monarch doesn't joke that Long Xiyue is looking for a husband for the Third Princess. It's a matter that can't be changed." Feng Caiyun sighed softly.
"Is there no other way?"
Su Shuiche turned to look at the silent Lin Siyao and Liang Enzai, who was tasting tea with a satisfied expression.
"Big Brother …" Su Shuiche called in a low voice with a frown.
What everyone was discussing wasn't a joyous matter, right?
Even if there was no other way, they couldn't use such a hurtful attitude.
"That was her own choice.
Everyone has to be responsible for the things they choose to do. "
Liang Enzai heard his little sister call him in such a tone. He could only put down the cup in his hand and speak with extreme indifference.
"She chose it herself?" Su Shuiche looked at Feng Caiyun in astonishment. Didn't she say she was forced?
"Yes. Ouyang Xun was thrown into prison by the Emperor because of an error in diagnosis. It was Long Xiyue who went to plead for leniency.
The Emperor reluctantly thought of this method that would allow her to be both loyal and filial. "
Liang Enzai explained with seeming disdain, "Hmph, it doesn't matter who a woman marries.
In any case, she will be married off as a princess. It's very impressive! "
"Liang Enzai!" Someone was one step ahead of Su Shuiche's line.
Sitting at the head of the table, Feng Caiyun heard him say this and angrily slammed the table, "Don't talk about how noble and virtuous you are.
If you have the ability, then go rescue Doctor Ouyang.
Let's see if Xiyue is still willing to throw the embroidered ball to find a groom! "
"What does it have to do with me!"
Liang Enzai saw that Feng Caiyun was angry. He leisurely got up, brushed his robe, and left the parlor after saying this.
"Really … I'll be angered to death by him." Feng Caiyun drank a mouthful of tea, shook her head and sighed.
"Mother, big brother he …" On the surface, he didn't seem to care about Xiyue's matter at all, and even made sarcastic remarks on the side.
But just now, his words could be said to make people want to beat him up. Su Shuiche smelled that Liang Enzai's mood was different from the past.
He cared.
However, why did he do the opposite?
"Who knows!
He has the same moral integrity as his father!! "
Feng Caiyun angrily spat out these words. Then she remembered that Liang Enzai wasn't Liang Xuanjing's son, but her uncle Liang Xuan 'an's son.
She turned to Su Shuiche and embarrassedly smiled, "I mean, he has the same moral integrity as your father."
… …
"You obviously care, why don't you take the initiative?"
Lou Yuanyou helplessly looked at Liang Enzai, who occupied his octagonal pavilion and drank his family's flower wine with an indifferent expression.
"How can I take the initiative?
Who knows if that person in the palace will play dirty tricks. "Liang Enzai once again drank a big bowl of plum blossom wine and said in a low voice.
"Dirty tricks?" Lou Yuanyou heard this and paused. He laughed and shook his head, sighing, "You shouldn't be afraid that he will go back on his word, right?
He said to let Long Xiyue throw the embroidered ball for the third princess. If you take the embroidered ball, the one who marries into the Liang family will still be the third princess.
But if you don't take it, other busybodies will snatch it away, and the one who marries will be Long Xiyue? "That person in the palace is very likely to do this.
Because he can't stand to see people doing well.
Especially Liang Enzai, who he likes, but doesn't necessarily like the princess of the imperial family.
"En." Liang Enzai muffled a nasal sound. He simply picked up the wine jar and directly poured it into his mouth.
"Ah, drinking like this is really degrading my good wine." Lou Yuanyou looked at the wine jar in Liang Enzai's hand with heartache.
This was a treasure that he had hidden for three years, but it was being drunk by this lovelorn guy in front of him.
"To be honest, the third princess is also not bad. You might as well marry her.
At worst, you can just take that Long Xiyue as a concubine. "Lou Yuanyou patted Liang Enzai, who had finished drinking and was lying on the stone table, thinking about something.
A jar of plum blossom wine was not enough to make him faint.
How could Lou Yuanyou, who had been good friends with him since childhood, not know about his alcohol tolerance?
"Scram!" A rough roar came from the stone table. Lou Yuanyou laughed like a cat that had stolen a fish. "Tsk tsk, I don't know who it was in the past, but every time Long Xiyue was mentioned, his face would not be good.
So it turns out … "
"No one will think you are mute if you don't open your mouth." Liang Enzai stood up with a sullen face and walked out of the octagonal pavilion.
"Going back?
Then tomorrow … "
"Let's talk about it tomorrow." Liang Enzai waved his hand behind him and walked slowly toward the main gate of the Xiang Palace.
Lou Yuanyou looked at the bleak figure that was gradually disappearing into the distance and frowned slightly.
He did not know what his good friend would choose tomorrow. Would he watch the girl he liked for a long time marry someone else, or would he step forward bravely and marry the princess that he did not love and give Long Xiyue a chance to marry freely?
This was a difficult choice … The difficult thing was, no matter what he chose, Long Xiyue would not be his wife …
…
On the morning of the sixth day of the New Year, everyone gathered in the dining hall of the Prince Jing Palace.
They sat around a large round red sandalwood table that could accommodate fifteen to sixteen people.
"Brother, are you sure you don't want to take the embroidered ball?"
Yesterday, after discussing with Feng Caiyun again and again, they came up with a plan to let Liang Enzai snatch the embroidered ball. Coincidentally, Liang Enzai and Xiyue were the same year and both of them knew each other. If they could not prevent Long Xiyue from throwing the embroidered ball to find a husband, this was the best way at the moment.
However, the result was that Liang Enzai directly refused.
He went back to his courtyard without looking back.
"Why don't we let Yun go and take it?
Yun's martial arts are good, so it's not impossible for him to snatch it. "This was the suggestion that Su Shuiche suddenly thought of after seeing Situ Yun.
Situ Yun, who was burying his head in breakfast, almost spat out the rice that he had just put into his mouth when he heard this.
He turned his head to look at Su Shuiche resentfully and wanted to say, "What does it have to do with me?"
He was only thirteen this year. It was said that the Third Princess was already sixteen and Long Xiyue seemed to be seventeen. The most important thing was that he, Situ Yun, had never thought of getting married!
Could it be that the ridiculous waiter from the Moon Sunflower Wine Shop was right?
Boohoo … He really wanted to cry.
There was another person who wanted to cry even more. However, on the surface, that person did not have a trace of emotion.
"Do you … think it's not good?
But at least, I trust Yun's character … "Su Shuiche saw that everyone turned to stare at her after hearing her suggestion, as if she had just said a strange joke.
However, she had seriously thought about it.
Rather than letting Xiyue marry a stranger whose appearance and character she did not know, it was better to recommend an acquaintance.
Although Yun was young, but his ability to take on responsibilities was not any worse than an ordinary man.
Originally, the best candidate was Liang Enzai but he had rejected it, so she could only settle for the second best, which was to let Situ Yun go up.
"Senior Uncle …" Situ Yun saw that he was staring at Su Shuiche, with no intention of letting her take back her suggestion, so he could only turn to Lin Siyao for help.
"Actually, this is indeed a good idea." Duke Jing who had been silent for a long time suddenly opened his mouth. The moment he opened his mouth, he agreed with Su Shuiche's suggestion.
It made the crowd speechless.
"Let our own people snatch the embroidered ball.
Just treat it as a rescue. "
Liang Xuanjing threw out this sentence indifferently, which made the rest of the people present paused, as they carefully pondered over the meaning behind his words.
"That's right, after marrying, at the very most, we can just divorce." Feng Caiyun clapped his hands, nodding in agreement.
"I don't …" Situ Yun wanted to open his mouth to save his right to marry, but Lin Siyao patted his head, "Saving people is more important.
My condolences. "
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