After chatting for a while, I saw the nanny in red palace clothes walking in with a smile: "Blessed is the Queen Mother, is blessed to be the Queen, is blessed to be my queen, and the Ninth Princess is here to say goodbye to everyone."

"Xuan!" The Queen Mother nodded, with a slight smile on her majestic face.

The maids, all wearing bright red palace attires, walked into the main hall and stood on both sides.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Paner walked in slowly.

The bright red phoenix crown covered her face, which made her little face become more and more charming and eye-catching. There was a smile on her lips, but the smile did not reach her eyes. There was hatred and anger in her eyes, and she walked step by step towards the center of the hall.

"Hey, the little girl is still a little young. She thinks she hides it well, but who knows, everything is engraved in her eyes." Concubine Yi quietly turned her head and whispered to Liang Concubine.

Liang Fei twitched her lips in embarrassment and nodded perfunctorily.

Concubine Xindao Yi, shall we discuss this matter later?

The Queen Mother is still sitting above, and the two of us are whispering to each other below. Wouldn't it be a slap in her face?

Besides, it's none of our business whether the Ninth Princess hides her emotions or not.

Fortunately, after Yifei only said this sentence, she sat up straight again. On the surface, she still looked dignified and elegant.

Chu Pan'er knelt down on a futon and listened to the Queen's teachings. Then the Queen Mother said a few words, and then kowtowed and said goodbye.

With a high-pitched "auspicious time has come" outside, Chu Pan'er left Cining Palace surrounded by the palace ladies.

The wise concubine looked at her daughter with slightly red eyes.

The wedding sedan was waiting directly at the entrance of Cining Palace.

When the princess gets married, even if Empress Song is not interested in it, the Ministry of Etiquette will follow the rules and the scene will be extremely grand.

From the imperial palace to the Ji Mansion, there was an endless stream of people watching along the road.

The seventh prince rode on horseback and walked at the front of the procession to deliver the wedding in person.

As for the other princes, they can at most go have a wedding drink at night and go through the motions.

After all, they are not particularly close to their sister Chu Paner.

Ji Chong had been waiting outside the door early, and the young masters following him laughed and teased him.

"Looking at how nervous you are, are you afraid that the bride will run away?"

"That's a princess. I'd be nervous if it were me. Ji Chong is lucky because he actually married the emperor's princess."

"Oh, I was there on the day that the third prince married his concubine. Why didn't I react as quickly as this guy and jumped into the river to save the beauty? I feel so sad."

"When you get rich, you can't forget us brothers."

"..."

While joking and joking, the procession of welcoming the bride slowly approached from far away.

Chu Pan'er was the honorable princess, Ji Chong didn't dare to kick in the door to cheer up her husband. He waited for Aunt Xi to help her out of the sedan chair, then hurriedly held one end of the red silk and led her towards the mansion.

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Chu Pan'er did not kneel when worshiping.

How dare the Ji family have any objections?

With the sound of "The ceremony is completed and they are sent to the bridal chamber", the newlyweds returned to the wedding room.

Suddenly, the servant next to the seventh prince hurried to his side and whispered something in his ear.

Chu Shi'an's face changed slightly, and then he left without looking back.

Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji looked at each other, feeling panic in their hearts. They didn't know why they didn't entertain her, but they actually made the Seventh Prince leave with a bad look on his face.

"What's going on?" Ji Benyang asked his servant uneasily.

The servant showed a confused look on his face: "Master, don't worry, I will go and inquire about it right now."

With that said, the man ran away.

However, before the servants could find out more, they saw several people dressed as servants hurriedly walking into the main hall, with solemn expressions and quietly reporting to their masters.

Soon, several more officials left.

When the others saw this, they couldn't help but start whispering.

"What's going on? Why did the seventh prince suddenly leave?"

"Where are these adults?"

"Did the Ji family offend someone? Then should we leave too."

"What nonsense are you talking about? If the seventh prince leaves alone, it can be said that the Ji family has offended him. It is obviously not the Ji family's business that these adults left together."

"That's right, the Ji family has married the current ninth princess. How dare these adults dare to embarrass the Ji family."

"I just saw that Ji Benyang sent his servants to inquire. Let's wait and see."

"..."

After a while, the boy who went out to inquire about the news left and returned.

Ji Benyang asked hurriedly: "Did you ask?"

The boy didn't even dare to take a breath and said hurriedly: "In the battle with the Western Jin army three days ago, General Shen was defeated and seriously injured. Now he has returned to Changcheng. I'm afraid that he will wait for the Western Jin army to recuperate for a while. The city will be attacked again, the situation is tense, and the emperor urgently orders hundreds of officials to go to court to discuss matters."

"What?" Everyone was shocked: "General Shen was defeated?"

You can imagine how panic-stricken people are in Changcheng today. The army supporting the imperial court has only set out for two days. Even if they travel day and night to reach Changcheng, it will still take ten days at the fastest. The general's morale is low, and it is not known whether Changcheng can hold out the reinforcements. arrival.

On the lively and special day, because something like this happened, everyone no longer wanted to laugh, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.

Some people secretly thought that Chu Paner was also unlucky.

On such a happy day, the news of Changcheng's defeat came, which made people feel like they were not blessed.

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The atmosphere in the Jinluan Palace was heavy and depressing. General Shen was defeated, which was a huge blow to them.

"Your Majesty, the morale in Changcheng is low now. I think the prince should be sent there to boost the momentum and let the soldiers of the three armies know that the imperial court is with them and the Wei Dynasty is with them."

The Minister of War stood in the hall, bent down and said.

Emperor Chengde's face was slightly cold, he frowned in thought, and after a while he said, "What do you think, dear friends?"

The Minister of War was a member of Prime Minister Liu. As soon as he opened his mouth, people from Prime Minister Liu's party stood up and agreed.

Some military generals also agreed.

Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and cannot lead a military expedition unless absolutely necessary, so sending a prince at this time is the most appropriate way.

If you can return triumphantly, this will be a real military achievement...

With these words, Prime Minister Liu was trying to test Emperor Cheng De in a different direction. He wanted to see who the emperor would choose?

In terms of age, the second prince among the other princes is the most qualified to go to war on his father's behalf.

But if he wants to make the eighth prince the crown prince, then the emperor will never let the eighth prince miss this opportunity to perform meritorious deeds.

Liu Xiang wanted to know clearly how far the emperor had gone for the eighth prince...

Emperor Cheng De glanced at Liu Xiang casually and sneered in his heart.

Old fox.

Don't think that I don't know what you have in mind.

"To pass on my decree, I ordered the second prince, third prince, and fifth prince to set off immediately, join Yongyihou's army as soon as possible, and go to Changcheng to support. Song Yanjun and Wu Wei listened to the decree and selected two thousand soldiers from the Jingwu Guards and the Yulin Army. Please escort the three princes out."

Emperor Cheng De's cold and majestic voice echoed above the hall.

It was like a muffled thunder, hitting everyone headfirst, leaving everyone stunned for a long time and unable to recover.

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