The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 207 The Big Wedding

The main hall of Ningshou Palace.

Su Tang paid her respects to the Queen Mother who was sitting in the upper seat.

The Queen Mother's attitude today was much better than the last time they met, and it seemed as if there was no conflict between them.

"Come, come, sit next to me." The Queen Mother smiled and waved to Su Tang.

Su Tang took a few steps forward and sat down at the location where the Queen Mother pointed.

Seeing that Su Tang stopped talking after greeting her, the empress dowager coughed lightly. The nanny beside her turned around and took out a wooden box from the cabinet beside her and placed it on the table in front of Su Tang.

At this time, the Queen Mother spoke again and said, "You will be married to the boy from the Qi family soon. I don't have anything special here. This is a Guanyin statue, which was given to me by the Queen Mother when I was young.

After I gave birth to Emperor Jing, I sent this Guanyin to be worshipped in the Huguo Temple. Today, as you are getting married, I will give this Guanyin to you. I hope you and the boy from the Qi family will give birth to an imperial grandson soon."

Su Tang looked at the Guanyin statue in front of her. Although the statue was not big, it was carved from a whole piece of pure white jade.

Guanyin's face is extremely kind and benevolent, and her drooping eyelids seem to be filled with great compassion.

This Guanyin is of first-class quality in terms of both material and craftsmanship.

Su Tang stood up and bowed to the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, this Guanyin is too precious, it should be passed on to the future Crown Princess. Su Tang is just a girl, so she doesn't need such a good Guanyin.

Besides, the ladies in the palace sent many gifts yesterday, among which there was already a Guanyin for fertility, so I won’t occupy such a good Guanyin any more.”

What a joke! This Guanyin was bestowed by the Grand Empress Dowager to the current Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager gave birth to the current Emperor Jing with this Guanyin.

Such a good omen is not something that a mere minister like Qi Lingheng can have.

If Su Tang takes it back today, there is no guarantee that someone will fabricate a story that she and Qi Lingheng are planning to seize the throne.

Su Tang has not yet demonstrated her abilities to everyone in the court, and she doesn't want to hold such an object that can easily cause trouble.

No wonder the Queen Mother was so nice to her today. It turned out that she was setting a trap for her. This was because she grew up in the countryside and didn't understand the twists and turns here.

Su Tang refused with a smile, and the Queen Mother's face instantly darkened.

However, Su Tang noticed that the old nanny beside the empress dowager pulled her sleeve, and the empress dowager reluctantly restrained her anger.

But the gentle and kind look on her face that she had put on when Su Tang just came in was gone.

The Queen Mother controlled her expression stiffly and advised again: "How can the gift they gave be the same as the Guanyin I gave you? Take it back, and I promise that it will bless you to give birth to a boy next year."

"Thank you, Queen Mother, Tang'er. I was not very healthy when I was a child in the countryside. I saw many doctors at that time, including Doctor Zhao. They all said that I was weak and might have difficulty having children in the future. It would be a waste to keep this Guanyin with me."

Su Tang refused again. Since the Queen Mother called her here just for this matter, there was no need for her to waste her time here.

Su Tang bowed to the Queen Mother and said, "Tang'er still needs to go to the Emperor, so I won't disturb you for now."

After saying this, without waiting for the Queen Mother to respond, Su Tang turned and left.

Since the Queen Mother had the impression that Su Tang was a country woman, Su Tang no longer pretended to be nice to her and acted like a country woman.

"You, you stop!" The Queen Mother's shocked and angry voice sounded behind her.

Can't pretend anymore?

Su Tang raised the corner of her mouth slightly and turned around slowly, "My father is probably still waiting for me, so I won't disturb your rest, Queen Mother."

"My Lady, this Guanyin..."

After saying that, Su Tang walked away without stopping this time. No matter how she heard the noises of chores and the old lady's exclamations behind her, she did not pause for a moment.

Su Tang left Ningshou Palace and went directly to Emperor Jing's imperial study without wandering around the palace.

But when they arrived at the imperial study, Emperor Jing was not there.

After asking the eunuch at the door of the imperial study, I learned that Emperor Jing had actually gone to the Imperial Garden.

This was rare, as Emperor Jing usually stayed in the Imperial Study most of the time. Every time Su Tang went there, she could see mountains of memorials piled up in the Imperial Study.

I guess it was not easy for Emperor Jing to be the emperor of Dayong.

When she wanted to ask more details, the eunuch said he didn't know. Su Tang had no choice but to say goodbye to the eunuch and went to the imperial garden by herself.

Fortunately, she is a princess and there are not many restrictions on her movements in the palace.

As soon as she arrived at the Imperial Garden, Su Tang unexpectedly saw Eunuch Fu standing alone at the entrance of the garden.

He is inseparable from Emperor Jing, and now he is standing here with a few young eunuchs. I'm afraid he is trying to keep watch on Emperor Jing.

"Eunuch Fu." When Su Tang walked to Eunuch Fu's side, a young eunuch had already reminded Eunuch Fu.

Eunuch Fu turned around and looked at Su Tang, raised his index finger and made a hushing gesture.

Su Tang nodded when she heard this. After looking into the garden, Eunuch Fu quickly walked over to Su Tang.

"Princess, are you going to visit the garden? Unfortunately, His Majesty is inside. Why don't you come here another day?" Eunuch Fu said in a low voice.

"Well, I have nothing to do today and the weather is nice, so I thought about taking a walk. Since it's not convenient, I'll go back first." Su Tang nodded to Eunuch Fu.

"Then please take care. I still have to keep an eye on things here, so I won't see you off." Eunuch Fu bowed to Su Tang apologetically.

"Well, I'll go first." Su Tang looked towards the garden, and she vaguely heard the woman's laughter.

Leaving the entrance of the Imperial Garden, Su Tang led Chunmei and Xiamei for a long distance before she stopped and looked at Chunmei. "Ask which noble lady has entered the palace today. I'll go to the Second Prince's residence in the palace and wait for you."

Chunmei was obviously stunned for a moment, then nodded and left quickly.

Chunmei and the others were brought out of the palace by the Second Prince. They must have some connections in the palace, so it shouldn't be difficult for them to find out some information.

Xia Mei took Su Tang to the second prince's residence in the palace.

The second prince moved out of the palace to recuperate for many years, but the courtyard where he originally lived was still preserved.

Su Tang didn't have to wait long. Chunmei quickly returned to the Second Prince's palace and replied, "Today, only Xie Siyu, the second daughter of the Xie family, entered the palace."

Xie family?

Prime Minister Xie was demoted to a commoner, and all the male members of his family were demoted and downgraded. The Xie family was still able to get their daughter into the palace, which showed that they had some means.

It seems that Empress Xie has placed a lot of people in the palace during the years she has been the empress. Even though she is trapped in Fengyi Palace now, people in her family who have been demoted can enter the palace.

"It is said that Xie Simin entered the palace at the order of the Queen Mother, who asked her to talk to Xuanyuan Mengyao."

Su Tang raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect that the Queen Mother was involved here.

Judging from the name, Xie Siyu should be the sister of Xie Simin. Her elder sister was of poor moral character and was demoted to worthless by Emperor Jing. Unexpectedly, this person dared to enter the palace and hang around in front of Emperor Jing.

This is the idea of either failing or becoming successful.

The Xie family was really hardworking. When Emperor Jingdi got tired of Queen Xie, they sent another girl from the Xie family into the palace.

Listening to the joyful laughter of the woman inside just now, I'm afraid that the palace will issue an edict before tomorrow, and the girl from the Xie family will also enter the harem.

Su Tang remembered that the girl from the Xie family was about the same age as herself, and Emperor Jing was not young either.

After leaving the palace, Su Tang went straight back to the princess's mansion.

In a few days, she will be getting married, so Su Tang decided not to leave the palace for the next few days.

Everything will be planned after the wedding.

Later, Qi Lingheng sent a letter.

There were only a few lines of words on it, which first expressed some thoughts and finally mentioned the account books of the Ministry of Revenue.

Sure enough, Qi Lingheng asked people hiding in the Ministry of Revenue to check and found out that seven years ago, due to the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, prices in Dayong soared for a time, and this situation lasted for a whole year.

It was not until the autumn harvest of the following year that prices gradually stabilized.

Su Tang lit the letter she had read under the candle and threw it into the empty brazier beside her. The letter was completely burned to ashes.

A few days later.

Finally, Su Tang’s wedding day arrived.

Everything was carried out according to the Grand Princess's rules.

Qi Lingheng was dressed in red, riding a tall horse and carrying a long betrothal gift. The team went straight through ten long streets, attracting the surrounding people to gather and watch.

This is the wedding of the princess and the King of Qi. Among Emperor Jing's children, only the eldest prince had married a concubine before. Although that was a big deal, it was just the marriage of a concubine, and was far less lively than the marriage between the eldest princess and the King of Qi.

The wedding procession from Prince Qi's palace was scattering wedding money to the surrounding people along the way. Few copper coins fell to the ground, attracting many people to compete to pick them up.

Qi Lingheng rode a tall horse, and the team soon arrived outside the princess's mansion.

The wedding sedan landed and Su Tang came out of the princess's house. Led by the guiding nanny, Su Tang entered the sedan.

Qi Lingheng looked at that slender figure and felt extremely happy. Today he finally announced to the world that Su Tang would be his, Qi Lingheng's, woman from now on.

After picking up the bride, the wedding procession became even larger, and many boxes were carried out from the princess's mansion one after another. They were all Su Tang's dowry.

The line grew longer again, stretching from the beginning of the street to the end with no end in sight.

The wedding procession played music and dance along the way and soon returned to Prince Qi's Palace.

According to the customs of Dayong, when Qi Lingheng married the princess, he should have lived in the princess's mansion. After all, the princess was the monarch and Qi Lingheng was the subject.

But Qi Lingheng went to Emperor Jing first to ask for the imperial decree granting the marriage, so Su Tang had to go to the Prince of Qi's mansion this time.

Qi Lingheng got off his horse and walked to the wedding sedan. The bridesmaid beside the sedan raised her hand to lift the curtain, and Qi Lingheng personally handed over the red silk in his hand.

Su Tang, who was covered by a veil, saw a pair of large hands with distinct joints reaching out in front of her. She took the red silk from the person's hands with a slight smile on her lips.

This is the first time in Su Tang's two lives that she has gotten married so formally.

The last time in Dahe Village, due to her health condition and also because there weren't such complicated and formal weddings in the countryside, the wedding was very simple.

"The bride is getting out of the sedan chair." The matchmaker shouted loudly, and Su Tang followed the red silk out of the sedan chair with a slight force.

After completing a series of complicated wedding procedures, Su Tang was so tired that her whole body was stiff.

With Chunmei's support, Su Tang entered the bridal chamber. After the matchmaker said many auspicious words, Qi Lingheng indeed went back to the bridal chamber first.

"Well, the groom should come later." The bridesmaid looked at Qi Lingheng in surprise and said.

"Princess, it's too tiring for you to wear these heavy headdresses. I'll take off the veil first so that you can take off the heavy things and relax." Qi Lingheng walked aside to put the jade ruyi aside, then walked slowly to Su Tang.

Su Tang was a little touched when she heard Qi Lingheng's considerate words through the veil.

Soon, the veil on Su Tang's head was lifted, and the two people who had not seen each other for several days finally saw each other's appearance at this moment.

Qi Lingheng was wearing a bright red wedding dress, which made his skin look even fairer and more rosy. A red corset inlaid with gold perfectly showed off his slender and upright golden proportions, which made people fall in love with him.

I guess half of the noble ladies in Beijing are crying themselves to death in their beds today.

When Su Tang thought of this, the smile on her lips grew even wider.

Seeing Su Tang looking at him with admiration, Qi Lingheng smiled with satisfaction.

"Madam, are you satisfied with your husband?"

"Satisfied." Su Tang nodded.

The conversation between the two caused all the old women and maids in the room to smile quietly. Even the experienced bridesmaid had never seen such a relaxed couple.

Qi Lingheng handed the jade ruyi in his hand to the person next to him, and then bowed deeply to Su Tang.

His eyes were full of affection and concern, and his voice was low but firm: "Madam, please put down these cumbersome things first. I will go outside to socialize with those who come to congratulate you."

Then he turned around and left the room to go out for a social event.

"Madam, let Chunmei help you take off your headdress first." Chunmei saw Qi Lingheng leaving and then spoke to Su Tang.

The bridesmaid, the other maids and Su Tang said a few more flattering words, and Xia Mei distributed purses filled with reward money to them all, and then everyone left the bridal chamber.

Chunmei helped Su Tang walk to the dressing table and sat down. Su Tang's figure was reflected in the blurry bronze mirror.

After removing all the head ornaments, Chunmei made a simple bun for Su Tang, and used only a golden hairpin to gently tie her three thousand black hair behind her head.

"Oh, I can finally move my neck." Su Tang rubbed her stiff neck.

"Madam, please change out of your wedding dress." After sending away the outsiders in the room, Xia Mei walked forward with a set of bright red casual clothes and asked.

"Yeah." The clothes Su Tang wore today were all princess-regular clothing, and were particularly heavy.

After changing her clothes, Su Tang walked to the table and sat down.

At this time, there were a lot of snacks on the round table in the room, still warm. They were brought in by the maid outside after Qi Lingheng went out just now. Qi Lingheng must have specifically instructed this, fearing that Su Tang would be hungry.

"You've been tired all day. Have some cakes and go take a rest. We won't need your service later." Su Tang said to Chunmei and the others.

The inner courtyard of Prince Qi's Mansion has added a lot of new servants and maids. These people were specially selected by Old Madam Qi, and they are all honest and hardworking people.

A few experienced housekeepers were also sent over, for fear that Su Tang would be neglected by the newly bought maids.

So Chunmei and the others, who had been following for a whole day, could also take a rest at night.