bastard returns

Ning Zhongkun was very surprised why Pang Qiushui didn't go out all of a sudden. He asked her to give her advice on how to drive Ning Yuan out of the Duke's mansion, but even if the message was sent to Pang's mansion After going, the other party also pushed it out with the reason that the marriage is approaching and it is not suitable to meet. This made Ning Zhongkun very depressed. This Pang Qiushui took the initiative to come to him before, why did he suddenly become hypocritical?

Ning Zhongkun thought others didn't notice these actions, but Ning Shanshan noticed them all carefully. Seeing her brother meeting with Pang Qiushui so frequently, Ning Shanshan was angry at him and gloated at her misfortune. Qiu Shui suddenly closed the door, I'm afraid it's... I've got my own way, that's fine, the important thing is that when my brother finds out that the girl's face has been ruined, he will definitely be too late to hide. In the mood to compete with the prince for an ugly woman.

But Ning Shanshan is also very curious at the same time, if Pang Qiushui really followed her own way, why didn't any letter come out? It stands to reason that if she becomes an ugly monster, she should be the same as the fourth prince because of love and propriety. Let's call off the marriage, but seeing that the Pang family not only has no intention of retiring the engagement at all, they are still receiving congratulatory gifts in full swing. Could it be that the Pang family intends to conceal this matter, and then let the disfigured Pang Qiushui marry the person who is indifferent to this matter? The fourth prince who is at a loss?

Thinking of this point, Ning Shanshan only felt that it was ridiculous and ridiculous. Of course, she had no intention of reminding Sikong Xu at all. First, it would reveal that Pang Qiushui's face was her hands and feet. Second, Sikong Xu used to She once went to Duke Ning's mansion to ask for a marriage, but now she wants to marry Pang Qiushui. Even though Ning Shanshan insisted that she would not marry Sikong Xu, she was happy to see Sikong Xu because of her sense of superiority and self-esteem as a woman. joke.

And soon, the day when the Fourth Highness married the prince and concubine also arrived.

Huajing seems to have fallen into a strange circle recently. As long as it is a happy event related to the royal family, something will inevitably go wrong. There was the absurd marriage between Princess Wanyi and Ning Yicai that fell by the wayside. Now that the fourth prince is getting married again, people can't help but say They joked about whether this marriage would turn into an oolong again.

After all, when it comes to the fourth prince, Sikong Xu, there is another important piece of news. Several years ago, when the fourth prince was guarding the palace in Jiangzhou, the queen issued a decree to grant a marriage, but the result of that marriage was surprisingly It's ridiculous that the bride is actually pregnant and married, and the seed in her stomach has nothing to do with the Fourth Highness.

Rao, even though the marriage failed in the end, the green hat on Sikong Xu's head still came all the way from Jiangzhou to Huajing, making a lot of jokes. Now that Sikong Xu is going to marry again, this old-fashioned It is inevitable that people will bring up the past and gossip about it.It's just that Sikong Xu's status today is obviously better than that at that time, and the woman he married is also the daughter of a prospering marquis who is now considered prominent in Huajing. Gossip aside, no one thinks that history will repeat itself.

"The emperor is willing to give such a good house to the fourth prince as a mansion." Ning Yuan sat in the carriage, opened the curtain, looked at the high-walled compound by the road, and smacked his lips.

Before, the emperor gave Concubine Shu Hui's natal mansion to Sikong Xu as the prince's mansion, but since Concubine Shu Hui and Sikong Xuan returned to the palace, the emperor took this mansion back and gave it to Sikong Xuan, Sikong Xu received this slap , but also to hand over the Prince's Mansion, which he had spent a lot of money to repair, is unavoidable. The emperor probably considered this, so this time he was considerate of Sikong Xu, and gave up a former place in the south of the city. The vacant Prince's Mansion was sorted out and given back to Sikong Xu for his marriage.

The size of the various mansions in Dazhou is regulated by the standard. If the status is not high, the mansion cannot be too large, otherwise it is arrogance. It can be regarded as the second category, which is much larger than the Prince's Mansion.

"I'm afraid that many people will misunderstand your emperor doing this." Sitting beside Ning Yuan, Huyan Yuanchen said with a smile: "It is clear that he is only a prince, but he is given a prince-sized mansion. There is a lot of meaning here. I'm afraid it will be enough for those officials who like to speculate on the holy will to ponder for a long time."

"Although it is the prince's mansion, you have to see what kind of prince's mansion it is." Ning Yuan said with a smile: "This prince's mansion used to be the mansion of Prince Qing. King Qing was the youngest son of the late emperor. He was once the oldest prince among the princes. The one who was the first to be crowned prince was once honored and favored, but because he competed with the current emperor for the throne, he was escorted to Caishikou for execution after he failed. With the hat of treason, beheaded beheaded, exiled, the whole Prince Qing's mansion was bloody, and no one was spared... Now that the emperor gave this place to the fourth prince, is it for flattery or beating? , It is indeed enough for people to ponder.”

While the two were talking, the carriage stopped around the main entrance of the mansion. The two supported each other and just got out of the carriage when they saw Sikong Xu in a happy attire, standing at the gate to welcome guests.

Seeing Ning Yuan, Sikong Xu's eyes froze immediately.

Although he already knew that he was not dead, it was the first time that he actually saw him after that. Sikong Xu's eyes slid from Ning Yuan's smiling eyes all the way to the place where Ning Yuan was hiding in his sleeve, but he could vaguely see him. Recognizing that it was the hand that was holding Huyan Yuanchen, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he deliberately pretended to ignore him, only nodded to Huyan Yuanchen and said: "Prince Yongyi is here."

"The Fourth Highness is overjoyed, and naturally wants to come to congratulate." Huyan Yuanchen responded indifferently, in fact, if it wasn't for Ning Yuan's coming, he would not have the heart to come here to join Sikong Xu's excitement.

"My lord, please come inside." Si Kongxu didn't seem to want to be more polite to them, he hurriedly cupped his hands, and stepped aside, letting them go in with the servants who led the way, but after the two entered, he didn't Consciously, he paused his gaze on Ning Yuan's back.

Sikong Xu didn't know if it was his own illusion, but he actually found that his heartbeat started to become a little faster, and at the same time, there was an inexplicable soreness welling up in his heart.

"Why is this..." He whispered, and couldn't help but raised his hands and squeezed the front of his clothes tightly. He should wish that kid would go to hell, and he had already given up thinking about him. Why did he see him like this with others? Walking together so intimately, do you just feel unhappy all over?

He shook his head vigorously, trying to get rid of that strange feeling. Today is his happy day to marry his concubine. Among all the princes, he is the first to marry a concubine. He doesn't like this woman Pang Qiushui so much. The reputation of the prison is not good, but no matter how you say it, he is a good-looking lady. After this marriage, it is a matter of great importance that he can get married and start a business to make his father happy, and make Pang Song and him closer. If you want to have a political marriage, you must not be in a bad mood because of some irrelevant people or things.

"Actually, I don't understand why you came here to watch the ceremony." Entering the yard, seeing no one else around, Hu Yanyuanchen asked Ning Yuan curiously: "You know that Sikong Xu and the Pang family have no good intentions for you, Isn't it too risky to come here rashly?"

"Don't worry, no matter how uneasy they are with me, they won't do anything to me in front of so many people on this day." Ning Yuan comforted Huyan Yuanchen and said: "I will come here, it's just out of curiosity. .”

"curious?"

Ning Yuan nodded, "I'm very curious about the future fourth concubine." After that, Ning Yuan pulled Huyan Yuanchen's collar to make him bend down, but turned to his ear like this. I talked a lot.

"You doubt that Pang Qiushui..." Huyan Yuanchen straightened up, with surprised eyes on his face, "Are you so sure?"

"If it was someone else, I might not be so sure, but I can't understand the temper of the young lady in Ningguo Palace." Ning Yuan sneered, "Anything that can threaten her status, she It will not be soft at all, if you don’t watch the excitement today, it will be a real pity.”

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Seeing that the time was almost up, Sikong Xu got on his horse, led the sedan chair, and went straight to Pang's house with a group of eloquent people.

As a prince and marrying a concubine, today's ostentation is bigger than that when Princess Wanyi married. Sikong Xu is riding on a tall horse with a solemn expression and a tall and straight figure. I also saw the eyes of many girls on the side of the road, and at the same time began to deeply envy the fourth concubine, how lucky to be able to marry such a handsome man as his wife!

Sikong Xu turned a blind eye to all kinds of admiring gazes around him, and his mind was completely on other things. After getting married, how to follow Pang Song's power to expand his influence in the court to make up for the loss caused by the death of Concubine Falling Moon? After thinking about it all the way, the team soon came to the Pang Mansion.

Pang Song had already been waiting at the gate of the mansion with his family members. Amidst the sound of gun salutes, they all knelt down and saluted Sikong Xu. Go to the main hall to have tea first, and wait for a while.

Si Kongxu didn't doubt that he was there, so he followed Pang Song into the main hall, sat down and began to drink tea and chat with him, but gradually, Sikong Xu clearly felt that the atmosphere in the room was not quite right.

It should be a great joy for the Pang family that their daughter gets married and will be the prince concubine again. The whole Changshenghou's mansion is indeed filled with lights and festoons, but the room always feels that the joy is pretended on the surface. The atmosphere was depressing.

The most obvious thing is the servants serving in the main hall, all of those servants buried their heads and did not dare to show their air, as if they were afraid of something, while the girl who brought him tea was Even more exaggerated, the hand serving the tea was trembling in a very small range. As soon as he put down the tea, he quickly backed away, as if he didn't want to stay by his side at all.

Only Pang Song's expression remained the same, sitting on the side chatting with Sikong Xu about these things, his tone was relaxed and casual, but this could not interrupt Sikong Xu's doubts, even though Sikong Xu was a thoughtful person, he suddenly realized Come on, is something wrong?

He coughed softly, put down the tea, and tentatively asked: "Miss Pang has been dressing for so long, is she not ready yet, if this continues, the auspicious time will be delayed."

"Haha, isn't your highness impatient and wants to hug the beauty quickly?" Pang Song laughed, "don't worry, your highness, the little girl is also very important to your highness, that's why she made it a little cumbersome in dressing up, and just wanted to let your highness It's all just seeing her in her most perfect form, she will come out immediately, and the auspicious time will never be delayed."

When Pang Song was talking, Sikong Xu kept staring at his face carefully. On the surface, there seemed to be no clues, but Sikong Xu still clearly noticed that when Pang Song met his eyes, he dodged for a moment. .

"If that's the case, then I'll go and see Miss Pang in person." Sikong Xu stood up, ignored Pang Song, and walked towards the side door leading to the backyard.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Pang Song immediately stood up, caught up with him and said, "The little girl is indeed still dressing, why should Your Highness be so impatient, he will come out in a while..."

Sikong Xu turned a deaf ear, but frowned slightly, he had an unexplainable feeling, like a premonition, that something was wrong, no matter what, seeing is believing, he had better go and see for himself.

Seeing that he couldn't stop Sikong Xu, Pang Song panicked for a moment, and could only hurriedly follow behind him. Sikong Xu had been to the Pang Mansion many times, and he was already familiar with the way, all the way straight outside Pang Qiushui's bedroom. Without thinking, he stepped forward and pushed the door open.

There were several maidservants around the room, seeing the door opened and Sikong Xu walked in, they all stared in surprise, as if they didn't understand the situation clearly, Sikong Xu walked into the room, glanced around, His gaze quickly settled on the woman sitting on the bed in a wedding gown and a red hijab.

With calm eyes, he glanced back and forth at the woman several times, and asked, "Are you ready?"

"The concubine was just ready and was about to go out. How could His Highness be so impatient that he came here by himself." Pang Qiushui's silver bell-like voice came through the red hijab, "Your Highness is so impatient to marry the concubine." Are you going back?"

Based on the voice, Si Kongxu was sure that the woman was Pang Qiushui, he was a little confused for a moment, there was nothing unusual in the room, and Pang Qiushui was sitting there, there was nothing wrong with it, could it be that he was too suspicious, Thinking too much?

The room fell into silence for a moment. Seeing this, the maid immediately helped Pang Qiushui up, bowed her knees to Sikong Xu and said, "Since your highness is here, let's lead the princess out of the mansion."

"Don't be in such a hurry to call the concubine the princess before the hall visit." Sikong Xu said coldly: "Now that you are ready, go out and get on the sedan chair. Don't delay the auspicious time." At the end, he added, "This house The paint inside is too heavy, write it out quickly." Then he turned around and went out.

As soon as Sikong Xu went out, Pang Qiushui's body suddenly began to tremble for no reason, she was also frightened just now, she didn't know why Sikong Xu would suddenly barge in, but as long as Sikong Xu took a step forward and lifted her hijab , then everything is over!

"What are you panicking about!" Pang Song said in a low voice, stepped forward and grabbed Pang Qiushui's shoulders to help him stop shaking, and said solemnly: "Remember, you have to pretend that nothing happened until after the worship and send you to the bridal chamber." Before, you must never reveal any flaws. As for after you enter the bridal chamber, this matter will be discovered anyway. Then you can tell all the things I told you. Naturally, you will be safe and secure. Sitting in the position of the princess, do you understand!"

"Daughter, daughter understands." Pang Qiushui swallowed a mouthful of saliva, took a deep breath, and finally calmed down. He walked out slowly with the help of the maid, and the other dowry immediately followed and surrounded her. Be around, lest a gust of wind blows up and lifts the hijab, which will ruin the event.

I hope today will be safe and sound. Even if Pang Song is an old Jianghu, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed just now. He said that he could only wipe the sweat from his forehead at this time, thinking that he was fortunately not found.

Sikong Xu went all the way out of the mansion, rode on the horse, waited for a while, and saw Pang Qiushui was helped out by the girl, and Shi Shiran got on the big sedan chair behind amidst the admiration and clamor of the surrounding people.

The beating of gongs and drums sounded again, and accompanied by the master of ceremonies shouting loudly, the big sedan chair carried by eight people slowly lifted off the ground, and followed the reactivated team to move forward.

The expression on Sikong Xu's face was the same as when he came here, but as he walked along, he was thinking about something else. The strange atmosphere in Pang's mansion before always made him brood and couldn't let go.

So he began to recall in detail, from the moment he stepped into the gate of the mansion, everyone he saw along the way, every word he heard, passed through his mind over and over again, carefully distinguishing the unusual places inside: The servants of Pang's mansion were uneasy Pang Song's dodging eyes, Pang Qiushui who has been lingering in the room...There must be some problem hidden here.

His brows became tighter and tighter, and he felt as if he had thought of the key point. When he got up to find Pang Qiushui, Pang Song seemed a little impatient?Why is he in a hurry?Pang Qiushui was indeed staying in the room peacefully, and there was nothing weird about the room, only the strong smell of powder... Indeed, the smell of powder was so strong that he even stood up Even at the door, I feel a bit pungent. Even if you are getting married in full dress, there is absolutely no reason to touch so much makeup. Now that you taste it carefully, under the strong smell of makeup, it seems to be covered...

He stared, and pulled the rein forcefully in vain, causing the horse to stop.

As soon as he stopped, the whole procession of welcoming the bride naturally also stopped, the sound of beating gongs and drums disappeared, and the people around who were also making noise all looked at Sikong Xu inexplicably, seeing him suddenly turned over and jumped off the horse, Without even thinking about it, he plunged into the sedan chair following closely behind.

With such a move of his, the crowd exploded immediately!

"Oh, what's going on here, no matter how anxious the groom is, how can he get into the bride's sedan chair!"

"Aren't they going to do the bridal chamber on the street?"

"I'm really curious about what kind of beauty the bride is. If such a handsome prince can't resist rushing into the sedan chair halfway, wouldn't the bride be as beautiful as a fairy?"

"Why don't I have such good luck? If I can marry a man like Jun Cheng, even if I want to have sex with him on the street..."

The noisy scene outside could not affect the people in the sedan chair at all. In this big sedan chair, which was spacious enough to accommodate three or four men sitting side by side, Sikong Xu and Pang Qiushui stared at each other with a red hijab looking at each other.

"Your Highness, please come out quickly, Your Highness, this is really unreasonable!" The master of ceremonies did not dare to open the car curtain rashly, and could only shout anxiously outside, "The common people are watching!"

"Shut up!" Sikong Xu yelled, and the master of ceremonies immediately fell silent as if his throat had been choked.

"Your Highness... Your Highness..." Pang Qiushui raised his heart in his throat. He didn't know why Sikong Xu would barge in like this, so he could only continue intermittently: "Why are you looking at my concubine like this..."

Sikong Xu didn't speak, but just took a deep breath. Sure enough, under the thick powdery aura on Pang Qiushui's body, there was a trace of faint, bloody aura that could be ignored if one didn't distinguish it carefully.

"Why is there blood in your body?" Sikong Xu asked with a suppressed voice.

"Blood... blood energy?" Pang Qiushui seemed not to understand, he hesitated for a moment before saying: "What nonsense is your Highness talking about, where does the blood energy come from in this concubine's body..."

"Don't test my patience." Sikong Xu interrupted her sternly, "Say, why is there blood!"

"Ah, if your Highness asks about the blood, it should be... In fact, I don't want to hide it from Your Highness, the concubine's letter has just arrived in the past two days..." Pang Qiushui was not afraid of danger, so he made up such a lie, "So It is inevitable that there is some breath on the body, what His Highness smelled, maybe it is that..."

"It's nonsense." Sikong Xu's eyes became colder and colder, "You treat this hall as a man, and you don't know the smell of a woman's moon letter, so you can be deceived, don't you? !" After that, without thinking about it, he stretched out his hand and lifted the red hijab on Pang Qiushui's face with a bang.

Even though he had vaguely guessed something, the moment he saw Pang Qiushui's face, Sikong Xu's eyes widened suddenly and he took a deep breath.

"You... what's going on with you!"

On Pang Qiushui's face, the red, swollen and swollen rash had disappeared, but it did not mean that her face had returned to its original state. Just like the old man who came to treat her said, the red rash on her face After going through the process of swelling, pus filling, and finally pus scabbing, there are now large bumps and pits on her face, and some blood scabs are not completely scabbed, and there are still red and white spots on the outside. The pus, the bloody smell that Sikong Xu smelled was from these pus, but it was just like that, Pang Qiushui probably applied a thick layer on his face to cover up the stench of pus. Thick powder, as a result, the powder and pus paste together, forming a group of grease-like things on the face, against the lumps and scars, it looks extremely disgusting.