Chapter 220: Wedding is Coming
The new year is approaching.
Liang State, capital.
Shen House.
The servants and maids were busy preparing various matters.
In an antique room.
The furnishings are exquisite and the curtains are expensive.
Shen Xuanxi wore a flowing yellow dress, which highlighted her slender figure and beautiful face.
She sat alone in front of the mirror, her posture dignified and elegant.
However, there was a sense of emptiness and lifelessness in those glass-like eyes.
The Lin family was lewd and immoral, and the young master of the Lin family whom the emperor married her to was even more evil and corrupt, with three wives and four concubines, and many concubines.
I heard that he also has a sadistic tendency.
Women who marry into the Lin family are often miserable.
In the end, she either went crazy or became a plaything of the Lin men.
However, Shen was oppressed in the officialdom and was currently in a disadvantageous position, so he could only endure it.
Not long ago, Shen Xiongge came here with a serious face and told her a piece of news.
The Emperor of Liang was furious and secretly summoned a large army, vowing to eradicate the Lin family.
It takes time for the army to arrive from all over the place, and it also takes time for the emperor to purge the court.
Shen naturally cooperated and pretended to be nice to Lin.
In other words, the so-called wedding after the New Year was just a means to delay the Lin family.
Soon after the wedding, the emperor would probably purge the court and order the army to take action against Lin and kill this traitor.
only......
At that time, she was already half a member of the Lin family.
How can I stay here and how can I live with dignity?
The accusations and curses from the world are enough to drown her.
In fact, the emperor and Shen could use other ways to delay Lin.
However, that requires a lot of effort, countless real money, and even official titles and fiefdoms.
As for the marriage for a foreign mission, it only required a show and sacrifice of her.
Everything is just a choice.
In Shen's hall.
Shen Xiongge discussed the wedding procedures with the Lin family's people. Mrs. Shen also accompanied them, and the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.
Even the people from Lin family have brought some valuable gifts, hoping to meet the legitimate daughter of Shen family.
However, Shen Xiongge rejected it sternly.
The man who came was thin, with shifty eyebrows and a gleam in his eyes.
During the conversation, when he mentioned Shen's legitimate daughter, there was a hint of obscenity in his expression.
Lin's style is known to everyone.
The beauty of Shen's eldest daughter was also known to the whole city.
"No matter how loyal you are to the emperor, seeing that my Lin family is so powerful, you still have to marry your daughter off to the emperor! "
When the eldest son of the Shen family gets married and gets tired of playing with her, maybe he will also...
The visitor rubbed his fingers gently, his eyes filled with greed and lust.
Mrs. Shen, with a dignified and elegant look, sat aside.
Seeing this obscene look, I couldn't help but tremble with anger.
When she thought about her daughter marrying into such a inferior family, her heart ached!
But she knew that the Shen family was in danger.
If you don't make a flattering gesture to appease Lin's heart.
I'm afraid that before the emperor can gather his troops, the Lin family will take advantage of the situation to suppress the Shen family so that they can't rise again.
On the contrary, having lost the protection of the officialdom, the entire Shen family suffered an even more miserable fate.
The lights are dim, casting shadows as dark as ink.
Shen Xuanxi sat in the room, his expression gentle, yet with a hint of nostalgia.
How she wished that she was in a bamboo forest at this moment, feeling the mountain breeze, looking at the green scenery, and casting aside all her worries.
However, thinking of Li Yuan's slightly indifferent attitude, her heart ached, her brows bent and her eyes lowered, her expression gloomy.
The door was pushed open gently.
A dignified and virtuous figure slowly approached.
Mrs. Shen gently embraced her daughter's slender body from behind and sighed slightly.
She looked at her daughter's lifeless eyes in the mirror and felt a pain in her heart.
"Xi'er... hate your mother?"
Mrs. Shen's voice was filled with sadness and deep powerlessness.
Shen Xuanxi's eyes trembled slightly, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"My daughter was born in the Shen family. She has been pampered since she was a child and has enjoyed all the wealth and luxury in the world."
"When I was out, the common people were walking in straw sandals, while I was sitting in the comfortable carriage of the Shen family. When the common people had no meat in their bowls, I was enjoying a table full of dishes in the Shen mansion."
"Shen raised me...Now it's time for me to repay you."
Shen Xuanxi lowered his eyebrows and looked submissive. There was a little broken light in his eyes, but he was still gentle and radiant.
In the room, Mrs. Shen looked at her sensible and well-behaved daughter, and listened to these words. Her heart was broken at this moment.
She hated herself so much for not being able to protect her daughter.
I also couldn't believe what kind of humiliation and torture my daughter would experience after getting married.
"Xi'er, it would be great if you were a boy..."
Mrs. Shen gently stroked her daughter's long black hair and sighed softly.
But Shen Xuanxi smiled helplessly:
"If I were a man, I'm afraid Lin would have already taken action against Shen."
Mrs. Shen sighed again: "It's hard for you...my child."
She stroked her daughter's head gently, her eyes full of pity.
Outside the room, a strong figure stood silently, sighing in his heart.
Lament my own incompetence and my own mediocrity.
But the lives of the entire family are on my shoulders, so how can I be greedy for personal feelings?
The end of the year is approaching.
Every household is decorated with lights and colorful lanterns, and the sound of firecrackers continues, making it very festive and lively.
But in the Shen Mansion, there was a heavy atmosphere.
All the members of the clan, both direct and collateral branches, gathered together, numbering more than a hundred people.
"Master, in a few days, it will be an auspicious day."
I don’t know who brought up this topic during the reunion dinner.
The originally cheerful lobby was now silent.
"Hmph, the damned traitor Lin, when Your Majesty cleans up the court, I will definitely exterminate all nine generations of the Lin clan!"
An uncle from a different family spoke angrily.
"Let the Lin family be arrogant and wait for the army to gather...they will make them spit out everything they have robbed from the people!"
A mighty man also snorted coldly, obviously a military general of the imperial court.
"Yes! Lin is harboring evil intentions, Your Majesty is just waiting for the right opportunity!"
"Master, we, the Shen family, will endure the humiliation and help His Majesty to plan great things!"
Several people from the Shen family agreed in unison, all of them were from the side branches.
Shen Xiongge had a dignified and calm face, and he looked intimidating without even getting angry.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the female members did not dare to join in the topic.
Only a few uncles from the Shen family's collateral branches were still shouting, advising Shen Xiongge to be patient and not to mess up the big plan because of a small matter.
They are rational, they are wise, and they work hard for the Shen family.
But after all, they are not the ones who push their own flesh and blood into the fire pit.
Shen Xiongge's expression remained indifferent, but his fists were clenched purple under the table.
Beside the huge table, Shen Xuanxi, dressed in blue, sat alone in silence.
Her expression was gentle and natural, as if she showed no emotion at all.
Even though the table was crowded, the people around her were all three feet away from her.
The Lin family is powerful, and the plan of marrying off the daughter to a foreign prince is a foregone conclusion.
Unless the gods intervene.
Otherwise, this legitimate daughter of the Shen family will soon become the wife of the Lin family.
By then, when the Lin family is destroyed, Shen Xuanxi will probably be implicated as well.
Even if the head of the family begs Your Majesty to save his life,
But for the rest of your life, you will be looked at strangely, or even cursed, by ignorant people.
Perhaps, someone felt pity for her and felt sad for her.
But I dare not contact her at such a sensitive moment.