On the first day of October of the 30th year of Liangli, the envoys from the Tang Dynasty led a huge group of thousands of people to escort the princess to the capital. When the convoy passed by the sky street, it could be said that there were thousands of people everywhere. The people gathered on both sides of the street, watching and commenting.

A sedan chair carried by eight people was in the middle of the team. The sedan chair that could accommodate more than ten people was covered by a bright red curtain that was as high as one meter high. The curtain was slightly shining. Through the gap, one could see a person sitting upright inside. It can be judged from his figure that it was a woman. In fact, there is no need to guess at all. The people in the city knew that the sedan chair was Princess Xia Tang and the future Princess Yu.

When the bride sentry delegation was about to arrive at Ziyang Gate of the Imperial City, the Daliang Welfare Committee, composed of King Xiang and officials of the Ministry of Rites, had been waiting for a long time. King Xiang was lined with a dark green pair of short shirts, a purple kirin-flowing cloud-embroidered robes on the outside, a reflow-carved water-ripped ripples on the waist, a black gold-wire embroidered boots, and a three-inch jade-white jade crown. He stood up, and was full of nobility and glory. The royal family style was fully displayed.

"Prince Taixiang of Liang Dynasty - Xiao Yunsheng is here to welcome the princess!" King Xiang took the lead in a long journey of a vain gift. The leader of the Tang Dynasty's bride sentry mission crossed his hands on his chest and half bowed to repay the gift. Then he raised his hand and the sedan chair was immediately placed firmly on the bluestone pavement.

Two maids in red used a gauze scale to lift the curtains on the sedan chair. The other maid immediately opened a red fractured umbrella twice the size of a Liangchao oil paper umbrella to connect the princess Yingying in the sedan chair. Princess Tang was combed with a cloud bun similar to Liangchao, and a string of birds with spread wings was prefixed with Hua Sheng, and a silk-flowing golden butterfly hairpin was inserted on both sides of the bun. A pair of autumn water flowing waves were embedded under the white and raised forehead.

The eyes, pupils were as clear as the water of the blue lake. The high and slightly upturned nose bridge was paired with thin pink apricot lips. The slender and fair neck was wearing a string of red gems the size of dove egg dotted on both sides of six pearls. The princess was wearing a soft-wool brocade dress with blue sky and a cloak of green feathers. Even so, her proud breasts were still coming out, and she was really "the pink breast half-covered and the dark snow."

"Qi Diao Yan Li has seen His Highness Xiang!" Wen Ruo's unadorned jade, and his soft voice as soft as brocade completely hit King Xiang's heart. Princess Tang generously gave a palace ceremony in Liang Dynasty. She raised her forehead and let the sun shine on her smooth and round face like a goose egg. A pair of dimples faintly, the bead tassels rotated and the stars swayed, and the flowers vines shaking, the dragon and snake moved, which made King Xiang look crazy. It was not until the Minister of Rites gently pushed him and realized that he had lost his composure. "I had heard about Princess Yan Li's beauty, but I only knew that the beauty of the princess was even better than others when I saw it today!"

"His Highness Xiang is really an over-reputation, Yan Li dare not take it."

"Princess Yan Li, I have prepared a different palace for the princess. It is located in the Shexiang Pavilion not far from the imperial city. Please don't dislike the princess!"

"Where is your highness? Since Yan Li married into the Liang Dynasty, he naturally followed the rules of the Liang Dynasty."

"Princess Duoxu is polite, so please ask the princess to go back to the sedan chair and follow me!"

Shexiang Pavilion was originally a royal villa. In order to accommodate the Tang Dynasty's bride mission, Emperor Liang specially ordered people to start dressing up ten months ago. Today, Shexiang Pavilion is a royal garden with nine entry and a row of lakes. It has pavilions, towers, mountains, rivers and waters. There are more than a hundred servants and slaves, just like a miniature version of the palace, which shows the Liang Dynasty's emphasis on this royal marriage.

Qi Diao Yanli did not stay in the already prepared boudoir, but chose another bedroom that was originally used for the maid to sleep with her. Her explanation was that it was closer to the center of the lake and was more peaceful, so King Xiang naturally arranged for his servants to change the room immediately.

Qi Diao Yan Li thanked King Xiang, and pushed open the window. Through the not-so-high courtyard wall, he looked into the distance. The nearest palace was the East Palace where the prince was. Yan Li smiled inadvertently. Although it attracted the full attention of King Xiang again, he seemed to have an impulse at this moment. For the beautiful princess in front of him, he was willing to do whatever he did.

The prince, who was in the Eastern Palace, was wrapped in a cloth robe, his hair was scattered, and his eyes were blurred. He also looked out the window with a blurred look. Since he was confined to the palace by Emperor Liang to think about it, Emperor Liang never thought of him again and he never took a step out of the palace gate. This month he didn't know what happened outside the palace wall. He also heard the music in the front palace a few days ago, but no matter how he asked, the servant was beaten to death and said, "The villain doesn't know!"

Life was like years, almost crazy. He stopped washing, no longer ate well, and smashed everything that could be smashed in the bedroom. However, the next day, the eunuchs and maids would replace them with a batch of new objects; and he shouted loudly in the bedroom, crying heart-wrenchingly, and the servants were still waiting quietly outside the courtyard. The prince felt that he had been abandoned by Emperor Liang and the Liang Dynasty. Only the princess did his best to accompany him, and kept encouraging him, comforting her, and telling him that all this was just temporary. After enduring, he could return to the previous days. He also believed that, but after spending day after day, nothing had changed.

"Father! Even if your son is wrong, you can punish him; if you think your son is no longer worthy of the position of the prince, you can exempt me from the position of the prince! Now I lock me in the palace and ignore me. Why?" The prince cried alone in the palace and cried alone in the palace, using his fingers to slash the gap between the palace bricks, and the force was so strong that all his nails faded into pale.

Crazy! The palace gate was pushed open with force, and the prince squinted his eyes and looked around hard, but unfortunately he was still disappointed. The prince's concubine ran over and knelt on the ground and hugged him, "Your Highness, I am here! I am here!" The prince seemed to have lost his mind, and the prince's concubine still hugged herself in her arms. Her eyes were wooden outside the palace gate, and she began to say to herself, "Father, I am here, my father is here..."

"Your Highness!" The Crown Princess had no tears. She had been no longer a noble Crown Princess these days. Now she was dressed in plain clothes and had no hairpin. It seemed that even ordinary palace maids could not match. Facing her indifference, her husband, she always warned herself in her heart that as long as the title of the crown prince was still there, they would have a day to make a comeback!

The Crown Princess gave all the pearls and jade accessories she had with her to the palace servants, hoping that they could bring some news from outside or take the news from here out of the palace, but every time the palace servant accepted her gift, it never did anything.

"Your Highness, Xiru is here, Xiru is always by your side! Your Highness, we must persevere. Your Majesty will always remember you. Your Majesty will definitely come to visit you. After all, you are Your Majesty's biological son! You are the child of Your Majesty and Empress Wenjin!"

Hearing the name of Empress Wen Jin, the prince seemed to have regained his soul and murmured: "Mother, Queen Mother..." He suddenly cried like a child who had done something wrong and was locked up for a long time, "Mother, I miss you! Queen Mother, you come and save me!" The princess helped to hold this man tighter in her arms. No one could help her, and she could only rely on herself.

"Your Highness, if you are here, I will do my best to help you!" The Crown Princess gritted her teeth. This was what she said to the Crown Prince and encouraged her. "Your Highness, you have a rest. It's not too early. I'll prepare some food for you."

The Crown Princess gently helped her husband up, held his hand and turned to the kitchen. Although she was scolded by Emperor Liang in person, everything in the East Palace was as usual, but half a month ago, all the original palace servants were suddenly transferred away, and a group of wood-like eunuchs were even more serious. Since then, no Ministry of Internal Affairs or Imperial Kitchen has ever sent food, and today there is very little left in the kitchen.

Xiru lifted the lid of the rice jar, and the rice inside was almost at its bottom. After rummaging through the kitchen, she only found a few taros. She had no choice but to cook some of the only two kinds of grains to fill her stomach. As the Crown Princess, when did she need to do these rough work by herself? When did she fall into this situation? In the midst of ten months, who would have accepted it calmly? A crystal tears suddenly fell on the back of her hand. Before she could pour out her emotions, the conversation of a maid came from outside the kitchen. Xiru hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. No matter what, she had to keep the Crown Princess's last reserve.

"I heard that the next nine days will be the wedding day of His Highness Yu!"

"Yes, yes, now the palace is busy with this matter. Speaking of which, His Highness Yu is extremely heroic and Princess Tang is so beautiful that she is really a natural lover!"

"No! Your Highness, King Yu, is now the most favored prince. I heard that Your Majesty intends to pass the throne to him!"

"How about it? Then...that...that is in this palace?"

"Can't you see it yet? Time is too long!"

A sentence was like a knife stabbing into the heart. For a moment, Xiru felt that her heart was no longer beating, and the blood in her body was frozen in an instant. How could it be? The husband of this palace is the prince of Daliang, the future emperor, who can move his position? King Yu? How can this prince who has never been paid attention to replace the position of the prince! No, you must not sit still and wait for death. You must do something!

Xiru threw away the taro in her hand and rushed outside the kitchen angrily, but the two maids who were chewing at each other quickly came to the main hall. As soon as she opened the door, she saw the prince sitting next to her like a puppet. Xiru trembled unconsciously. At this moment, she deeply understood that if she wanted to maintain the dignity of herself and her husband, her final efforts must be done by herself. Xiru calmed herself, lifted her hair with her hand and slowly wrapped it behind her ears, tidied up her clothes, took a deep breath, and returned to the kitchen, and cooked a cup of taro rice with her own hands.
Chapter completed!