Chapter 15: Chapter 15 Someone is worshipping in the God of Land Temple outside the city
There is a God of Land Temple outside the city, Shili Pavilion, where Xie Shang caught up with Su Tingwan. When they were in love, they borrowed the God of Land Temple to worship heaven and earth. It was Su Tingwan's request. She said, "A Shang, since we can't get married openly, then we should worship the God of Land. He is worshipped by the world, and it won't be wrong for us to worship him."
Xie Shang was a little hesitant at first, but he couldn't resist Su Tingwan's bold words, and he knew that he had broken his promise to her today. The moment he saw her, the feeling of regaining what he had lost made him feel like he had found a treasure, and he finally agreed to marry her in the God of Land Temple.
After they had worshiped heaven and earth, Su Tingwan said, "Ah Shang, today is the happiest and most relaxed day of my life. Since we have worshipped heaven and earth, we are husband and wife, and I am your wife. I am so happy."
He couldn't give her the position of legal wife. Now that he had worshipped heaven and earth with her in private, he knew in his heart that it was against etiquette. Wanwan was generous and didn't care about these details, so he followed her. He looked at her with doting eyes, and as long as it didn't violate his conscience, he would try his best to meet any request made by Wanwan.
Su Tingwan hugged his waist and leaned in his arms. If this was their new home, should they do that next… Her cheeks flushed with shame.
Xie Shang suddenly remembered what Jiang Huai had told him at the wine table. He wanted to tell Wanwan that his identity did not allow him to do this. He pushed her away and said in a deep voice, "Wanwan, let's go back quickly! In fact, Jiang Fenghua has agreed..."
Hearing Jiang Fenghua's name, Su Tingwan's eyes flashed with unhappiness. She raised her eyebrows and interrupted him, "Do you think I am your wife?"
Xie Shang hesitated, and Jiang Fenghua's crying face suddenly flashed in his mind, "Wanwan, I can't promise what I can't do. The emperor's order cannot be disobeyed."
"She is the Heng Wangfei, that's right. His Majesty has granted you the marriage, and it cannot be changed, but I just want to be your wife! Haven't we already been married?" She hugged his waist, "It was obviously me who knew you first. The world is really unfair. Why did she marry you first?"
Xie Shang was stunned. He clearly loved Wanwan, but he had to marry Jiang Fenghua. It was unfair to Wanwan, and he didn't even have a decent wedding. He felt guilty for not being able to give her the position of the legal wife, "Wanwan, I'm sorry..."
"From now on, as long as Ah Shang treats me as your only wife in your heart, that's enough."
Xie Shang saw her wronging herself like this, and hugged her tightly. He only heard her say again: "I don't want you to be sorry, I just want you to love me, love me enough, from now on she is just the Heng Wangfei, and I am your wife, okay? Don't like her, okay?"
"Okay." Xie Shang nodded, his eyes were deep, like the abyss of a cold pond, it's unfathomable.
Su Tingwan was very concerned about Jiang Fenghua becoming the Princess of Heng, and even started to have conspiracy theories in her heart, "If she knew we were married, she would definitely be unhappy and would stop us. Love is very selfish and cannot be shared..."
"No, she won't be unhappy." Xie Shang answered firmly.
"How do you know she won't?" She pouted and refused to give in.
If Jiang Fenghua wanted to stop it, she wouldn't have brought the Su family's messenger to see him. Xie Shang had no way to explain, for fear that she would think too much.
At this time, passers-by saw this and came in to congratulate and wanted to ask for a glass of wedding wine. But the environment here… It's hard to describe. Everyone said a lot of blessings and left.
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The news that someone got married at the Shili Pavilion Land God Temple outside the city spread like wildfire and soon reached the city.
"The man is so elegant and handsome, and the woman is so rich in her bright red wedding dress, so why would they worship the God of Land in the land temple..."
"Only those without parents would worship the God of Land. How could a nobleman dressed so elegantly be without parents? He doesn't dare to bring the girl home to meet his parents. Is he marrying a concubine?"
"A concubine cannot worship the God of Land in the land temple. This is too unfilial. Isn't worshipping the God of Land instead of one's own parents like cursing one's own parents to death? This is so unfilial!"
Speaking of "filial piety", the Great Zhou Kingdom puts filial piety first. Master Pan is a first-rank official and a true scholar.
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For some reason, this news also reached Master Pan who was teaching. He heard that someone got married in the Land God Temple. He was furious and cursed that it was a disgrace. If this person is a scholar, it is really a waste of time to read the books of sages.
Master Pan decided to record this incident as a model to teach future students what is propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame. Master Pan can talk about this incident for a month and will use it as an example in the future.
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Speaking of which, guard Lin Feng quietly hid the sword in his hand while guarding outside the Land God Temple, pretending not to know the two people in the Land God Temple. He just felt embarrassed. But Guard Lin's gossipy heart was ready to act. He pretended to be a passerby and listened to passers-by's comments on his master.
After listening to this, he also complained in his heart: What kind of thing is this! How could Miss Su drag the master to the land temple to worship heaven and earth? Such nonsense, where does she put the princess in the estate? She didn't even want to offer tea to the mistress. It's simply against etiquette! It was obviously intentional, but the prince couldn't see through it.
Ginkgo squatted obediently on the side. Anyway, it was all acting, so she didn't take it to heart. Her heart and eyes were only on Lin Feng. Lin Feng saw someone looking at him, and quickly avoided it, only to feel a chill all over his body.
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Concubine Su personally sent a guard of honor to the Su Mansion. She wanted Wanwan to enter the Duke of Heng with great fanfare today. As long as Xie Shang's heart was on Wanwan, Wanwan would still have a chance to become the mistress of the Duke ofHeng's Estate, provided that she had to legitimately become Xie Shang's woman first.
Concubine Su dressed up and entered the Su Mansion but did not see Su Tingwan. After asking the guards, she learned that Su Tingwan had packed her bags and left the city.
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In the afternoon, Xie Shang took Su Tingwan back to the city. She was wearing a bright red wedding dress and had a rosy face. Because there were three horses in total, Lin Feng rode one, Su Tingwan and Xie Shang were in love and naturally shared one, and Ginkgo rode one.
Su Tingwan's wedding dress was too eye-catching. Passersby on the road frequently turned their heads to look at her. Some people talked about it, "In broad daylight, who is this Young Master who robbed another bride again."
"Didn't you see that the bride's smile was sweeter than a flower? This doesn't look like robbery, it's clearly the bride eloping with a man."
Xie Shang had good hearing. When he heard other people's discussions, his expression was slightly cold, and his body was a little stiff and unnatural. Wanwan hugged his waist too tightly.
When he came out, in order to catch up with Su Tingwan, he resolutely chose to ride a horse. The horse of the Jiang Mansion was indeed a thousand-mile good horse. He found her at the land temple outside the city in a moment. But it was very embarrassing without a carriage.
He winked at Lin Feng and asked him to find a carriage. Because Lin Feng wanted to avoid the pursuit of Ginkgo's eyes, he rode a little faster. In addition, the horse of the Jiang Mansion was indeed a rare good horse, which made him want to gallop. Unfortunately, he couldn't ride a horse faster after entering the city, otherwise he would have run away long ago. Now he just wanted to stay as far away as possible, so as not to be embarrassed by following beside his master.
Invisibly, Xie Shang quickened his horse, just wanting to avoid the sight of these people as soon as possible. Su Tingwan told Xie Shang a lot about the mind and feelings of the children of the grassland. She felt that their love was as free as the wind. If she had the chance, she would take Xie Shang to the outside world to take a walk and sightseeing.
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Finally, they arrived at the gate of the Duke of Heng Estate. Xie Shang's face was as green as a piece of green vegetables. The more unpleasant the words of the people on the road were, the worse his mood was. He turned over and got off the horse, almost losing the reins.
Su Tingwan's face was full of happiness. She would not be as delicate as Jiang Fenghua who couldn't even get off the carriage. She just lifted her legs and jumped off the horse. She stood steadily, heroic and valiant, not caring at all why more and more people were watching from the outside. She just wanted to let the world know that she was the woman that His Royal Highness Duke of Heng liked, and she wanted Jiang Fenghua to retreat even more.