The king was wrong

The sun was shining brightly, and the weather was so hot that it seemed that the ground would burn the next moment.

But the heat of midsummer can't stop people from going out.No, early in the morning, both sides of the main road in Kyoto were already full of people, and the conversation among the crowd continued, and they all stared at the direction of Prince Yong's Mansion eagerly, waiting for the procession to welcome the bride to pass in front of him later. , to get a closer look at the majesty of His Royal Highness King Yong.

Just after the hour, there was the sound of beating gongs and drums from a distance, echoing in the streets and alleys of Kyoto, very lively.

The mighty welcoming team soon appeared in people's sight, with the head of 16 people playing musical instruments, followed by today's bridegroom on a tall horse, and then eight wedding sedan chairs, followed by the unforgettable Guard of honor.

All the people in the team were dressed in red clothes, and even a big red flower was specially tied around the neck of the horse.Apart from……

"Hey, that's weird, why isn't the prince wearing a wedding dress?"

Someone in the crowd yelled, and the excited people discovered that the only protagonist sitting on a horse was wearing a black uniform today, with only a red flower tied on his chest!

"Did the prince go out in a hurry and forgot to change into his wedding clothes?" Someone asked.

"But it shouldn't be. If you don't wear wedding clothes, you can still be considered a marriage! In my opinion, the prince did this on purpose!"

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Think about it, the lord has been fighting outside all year round, how can his majesty and aura be comparable to that of ordinary people? Black is perfect for the lord, and it just can show the lord's general demeanor to the fullest! Besides, the marriage of the Tian family can be compared to us. Are the common people the same? Look at the prince's big weddings, which time did he wear an ordinary wedding dress? Didn't they all just put a red silk hood over the prince's regular uniform?"

"Uh, it seems to make sense. But the prince didn't wear a red gauze..."

"This...isn't this wearing a big red flower, Quan has become popular!"

In this way, everyone chattered and guessed all kinds of reasons.But on the other hand, the black-clothed prince who was sitting high immediately, his face was as tense as ice, and he couldn't see the joy of getting married.

Liang Wei, who was not far behind him, lowered his head in embarrassment.Before going out in the morning, he held a set of wedding clothes and swayed in front of the prince for a long time, but the prince had no intention of changing into it, instead he gave him a hard look, and he was so scared that he quickly threw away the wedding clothes, and he didn't even have the words to persuade him. I can't speak anymore.

"Alas..." Liang Wei raised his face at a 45-degree angle, and sighed at the sky, feeling exhausted—is it really good for the prince to give the princess a badass as soon as he comes up...

Shengguo Gongfu in the east of the city.

"Hey, my second young master, you can't do this, how can you tell the old man to explain to the Duke..."

Before Zhu Yaozi stepped into the Qingshui Garden, she heard Xi Po's crying and screaming.

"I'm a man, and it's extremely humiliating to marry like a woman. Why, instead of covering my head now, are you going to embarrass me with a woman's wedding dress?"

Qi Yaoqing's voice was suppressed and low, and his tone was so cold that Zhu Yaozi couldn't help shivering when he heard it.

When Xi Po heard this, her voice became cold immediately: "Oh, you can't say that, the second son, why is this a humiliating thing to marry! You know, it is a great honor to be married to King Yong. You can't even ask for it!"

As soon as Zhu Yaozi walked into the inner room, he saw Qi Yaoqing sitting upright by the bed, his face turned cold, and he was wearing a light blue cloth shirt that he usually wears, simple and low-key.Looking at the side of the bed, on one side stood Menghan Mengqi with an anxious face, and on the other side was an impatient Xipo with her hips on her hips.

On the table not far away was a set of gorgeous wedding dresses, as well as exquisitely crafted headdresses and hijabs, which were quite gorgeous.Although... it's all for women.

"Second young master, this is all I can say about my old age. Although it is your own business whether to wear a wedding dress or not, it is related to the face of our Duke's Mansion! You are the one who walked out of the Duke's Mansion. , every word and deed represents the entire Duke’s Mansion and even the Empress. Your Majesty is kind, and she finally asked for the grace of the Holy Grace for you. Now that you have violated Your Majesty’s kindness, are you worthy of her painstaking efforts!” Rao said.

Qi Yao glanced coldly at Xi Po, knowing that she was determined to use the Queen to suppress him.But it's useless even if the emperor orders this matter, Qi Yaoqing will never wear women's wedding clothes in his life!

"You don't have to use the queen to pressure me. In short, I will never wear this wedding dress today, even if you go to the front yard to invite your father." Qi Yao stood up after saying this with a frosty face, regardless Xi Po didn't respond, and walked straight outside.

"Hey, Xiaoqing, wait!" Seeing this, Zhu Yaozi hurried forward to stop him.

"Why, even you are here to persuade me to wear a wedding dress?"

Qi Yaoqing's complexion was still not very good-looking at this time, Zhu Yaozi felt that he had lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for a few days, even his face became thinner.

"No, that's not what I meant." Zhu Yaozi hurriedly waved his hands. He had just glanced at the wedding dress on the table. The wide-sleeved and open-breasted embroidered outer robe, inside was a tunic and a skirt, clearly the most traditional woman's wedding dress.It's no wonder that Qi Yaoqing refused, they were clearly humiliating Qi Yaoqing by giving him such a dress.

"Then what do you want to say?" Qi Yaoqing's face turned pale when he heard the words, but his tone was still cold.

"Hmm... Zhu Yaozi frowned and thought for a while: "It doesn't matter if that kind of woman doesn't wear her wedding dress. When I came here, I heard from outsiders that King Yong didn't wear a wedding dress either. Hua, so it's not too disrespectful for you to behave like this now, if something really happens, he will take it first, it doesn't get in the way. "

Zhu Yaozi specifically mentioned that King Yong didn't wear wedding clothes, and hoped that Qi Yaoqing would feel better after hearing it.Unexpectedly, Qi Yaoqing raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's really interesting. I don't want to wear a wedding dress, but my mood is different. I don't wear it because it is a woman's wedding dress, so I can't be so vague His identity was humiliated. But he is not, and he has always been unwilling to come to this marriage."

Seeing that his face turned pale again, Zhu Yaozi couldn't help but feel his heart tighten, and secretly scolded himself for saying the wrong thing.He quickly patted Qi Yaoqing on the shoulder to comfort him and said, "Okay, don't think about it, that man King Yong...is not worthy of your attention. Anyway, you didn't marry him to live with him, and you don't have to do it because of him. bother."

Qi Yaoqing was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, put away the helplessness just now, forced a smile and said: "Don't worry, I naturally know why I want to marry."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and returned to the table, took the red hijab embroidered with golden phoenix and returned to Zhu Yaozi again.

"Since King Yong is equipped with red flowers, I don't want to be too rude, right? In ancient times, when women got married, they wore red robes, shawls, embroidered shoes, and covered their heads. Then the brothers in the family carried the wedding sedan chair. Now I use this red The hijab replaces everything, but the brother who goes out with his back can’t ask for it. Kidney, we grew up together and love brothers, today I’m getting married, will you help me into the sedan chair?”

Although he said it with a smile, Zhu Yaozi saw a trace of sadness on his face.That's right, as a man, if he didn't really love each other, who would be willing to live under another man's body?

Since King Yong has his own heart, it is bound to be difficult for Qi Yaoqing to come to Qi Yaoqing in the future.But now that the arrow is on the string and has to be fired, he has no other choice but to obey and marry, and he is really wronged.

Zhu Yaozi secretly sighed, trying to pull out a smile, nodded and said: "Okay, then I will be your guide today."

Qi Yaoqing nodded happily when he heard the words, his good friend has always been so righteous, and whenever he has difficulties, he will always be the first to come forward.Without hesitation, he put on the hijab for himself, then groped and stretched out his hand, only to be grasped by Zhu Yaozi's warm palm.

"Let's go." Zhu Yaozi sighed softly, and took the lead.Because Qi Yaoqing was covered with a hijab and had difficulty moving, he deliberately slowed down, walked out of Qingshui Garden slowly, and walked towards the front door.Behind Qi Yaoqing, Menghan and Mengqi's two dowry girls followed closely, for fear that Qi Yaoqing would step on the air if he was not careful.

"It stands to reason that you have to say goodbye to your parents before you get married, but you are a man, so you don't have to stick to those rules. Let's go out directly. If you want to go back to Qingshui Garden, you can go back anytime. As for the front yard..." said At this point, Zhu Yaozi paused, his eyes suddenly dimmed, "It doesn't matter if you don't go."

Behind him, Qi Yaoqing's face was covered by Fang Yanhong's hijab, and Zhu Yaozi couldn't see his expression.And he didn't reply, just nodded slightly.

This Duke's Mansion is like a big cage, which has trapped him for more than 20 years, and it is time to leave.The front yard is nothing more than some distinguished guests invited by Qi Xiaosu and Mrs. Zhao, it doesn't matter if they don't see...

At this moment, outside the gate of the Duke's Mansion, Wei Yanxi was standing in front of the tall and lavish door with his hands behind his back, glanced at the four golden characters "Shengguo Duke's Mansion" hanging above the door, and turned his head in disdain.

I don't know what the imperial brother thinks, but Qi Xiaosu just made meritorious deeds from the dragon back then, and he directly made the Duke of the state, and even promoted his daughter to be Zhaoyi and even the current queen. The imperial brother favored the Qi family too much.Just like Qi Xiaosu's fragile literati can still afford the title of "Duke of the State"?It's ridiculous.

According to the ancestral system, when getting married, the man needs to enter the gate of the woman's house in person, and only after passing a lot of tests can he bid farewell to his parents and successfully marry him away.But because of the strong aversion to the Duke of Sheng's mansion and the empress, and the fact that the person to be married is a man, Wei Yanxi never thought of entering the gate of the Duke of Sheng's mansion from the very beginning, let alone greet her in person.

Although doing so would be extremely disrespectful to the Yue family and his future wife, but he, Wei Yanxi, is the majestic King Yong, the emperor's younger brother, who would dare to say "no"?Therefore, the servants of Sheng Guogong's mansion only dared to take a sneak look at Wei Yanxi, and no one dared to step forward.

Not long after, I heard rustling footsteps coming from the door, accompanied by gasps of surprise or contempt from the servants, Wei Yanxi turned her head, and saw a smiling man in a purple dress walking out of the door first. A man like a spring breeze, and behind him is a corner of a light blue hem.