"This..." Chu Shisan hesitated because his master had ordered him to stay by the princess's side all the time.
Di Lanmo said coldly, "Anyway, I'm going to marry into the prince's mansion tomorrow. Going back half a day earlier won't make any difference. If your master is angry, just let him come to me!"
Then, Di Lanmo tempted him, "Moreover, this is the only wedding in your master's life. Don't you want to do something to feel involved?"
Obviously, Chu Shisan was tempted. He replied excitedly, "Yes!"
Seeing Chu Shisan leaving with his light - footed skills, Di Lanmo raised her willow eyebrows slightly. "Step one, successful!"
After getting rid of Chu Shisan, she got rid of Qingque.
Looking at the room decorated in red, Di Lanmo sighed. "Prince of Qin, I'm sorry!"
Di Lanmo blew out the lamp and pretended to go to bed. In fact, she quickly packed her things and prepared to run away. She planned to slip away as soon as the city gate opened tomorrow!
At this time, there came a rustling sound outside the room. Di Lanmo turned to look and saw a paper window being pierced by an empty tube. A puff of sleeping gas was blown into the room!
Di Lanmo rolled her eyes and had an idea. She held her breath, flashed to the bed, and pretended to be unconscious.
Half a cup of tea later, two dark figures quietly entered the room and walked to the bed...
Di Lanmo felt two pairs of eyes scanning her. One of them said, "She's really unconscious. Let's go! The eldest mistress is urging. Hurry up and send her out of the mansion. The second young lady will come in later!"
Sure enough!
The eldest mistress was still not giving up and actually wanted to play the trick of swapping the bride!
Since someone was so cooperative, how could Di Lanmo not fulfill her wish?
However - Di Lanmo sneered twice in her heart. It was one thing for her to leave, but she couldn't let the Lin mother and daughter have their way for free!
While the two were picking her up, Di Lanmo moved her wrist. A red powder fluttered in the air and evenly landed on the bed, the table, the dressing table, and the door frame. She made sure that Di Tingyu would touch it!
This was a small poison prepared by Di Lanmo herself. It didn't have any serious effect. It could just make the person who was poisoned break out in red rashes on their face for half a month!
For Di Tingyu, who considered herself a peerless beauty and was very vain, it would be the most appropriate punishment for her to lose face in front of the man she loved on her wedding day!
As for whether Qingque would be poisoned? That was impossible!
Since Di Tingyu was going to pretend to be the bride, how could Lin allow her own maid to get close to her daughter? So Di Lanmo wasn't worried at all!
It was just that Qingque might be sad for a while because she had run away without taking her...
March 18th was an auspicious day for marriage.
Regarding what Chu Shisan had reported last night, Chu Zhiyan didn't think much about it. After all, it was Di Lanmo who had actively urged him to marry her quickly. So Chu Zhiyan never thought that the bride was using the trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain to run away!
He got up early and got dressed. When the time was right, Chu Zhiyan mounted his horse and led the wedding procession to the general's mansion.
Along the way, the gongs and drums were beating. Qiao Yan, the housekeeper who accompanied them, was smiling from ear to ear. He was even happier than Chu Zhiyan, the groom.
The Prince of Qin's mansion had prepared candies and silver pieces early on. Special people were sent to scatter them all along the wedding - procession route, and the on - looking common people had a great scramble for them.
You should know that one tael of silver could allow an ordinary family of three to live a worry - free life for three months. How could people not go crazy for such a good opportunity to get money for free!
To avoid disputes, Qiao Yan sent a group of people to maintain order...
After walking around several nearby streets, they finally arrived at the general's mansion...
At the beginning of the Si hour.
"Here they come! Here they come!" Qiuyue walked up to Di Tingyu, who was covered with a bridal veil. "Miss, the Prince of Qin is here!"
Under the veil, Di Tingyu's face turned slightly red. She said shyly with a smile, "I know. Hurry up and straighten my skirt. There mustn't be a single mistake!"
Qiuyue pursed her lips and smiled. "Yes!"
With an excited heart and trembling hands...
Red dots gradually appeared on Di Tingyu's face. Being too excited, she didn't think much about it. She just thought that the slight itching was due to her nervousness.
When the auspicious time arrived, Chu Zhiyan stepped into the Wenjing Pavilion, which was no longer the dilapidated place it used to be. He strode towards Di Lanmo's room. The wedding - ceremony mistress who had been walking in front was actually left behind by him!
Chu Zhiyan looked at the woman sitting by the bed. Although the wedding dress was exquisite, it wasn't the one he had sent...
His hawk - like eyes narrowed. "Di Lanmo?"
Di Tingyu stood up and said shyly, "Yes!"
It was confirmed!
"Humph! The general's mansion has a lot of nerve!" In a fit of rage, he let out a thunderous roar, scaring everyone to their knees.
Di Mingye and Lin were a few steps behind Chu Zhiyan. Just as they reached the door, they heard the sound from inside the room. They glanced at each other and knew that their plan had been exposed.
They just didn't expect it to be so soon!
Di Mingye stepped forward quickly, still with a glimmer of hope that he was wrong. "Your Highness, what's going on?"
"What's going on?" Chu Zhiyan didn't answer but asked instead. His murderous eyes stared directly at Di Mingye and Lin.
The two of them tried to play dumb with a stiff neck, but they were so scared by the killing intent on Chu Zhiyan that cold sweat broke out on their backs.
Lin couldn't hold on first. She just said, "Your Highness, please forgive us! It's really that Di Lanmo is so bold! This morning, when we came to wake her up for makeup, we pushed open the door but couldn't find her! We searched the whole mansion but still couldn't find her. Only then did we know that she had eloped!"
Swallowing hard, Lin continued, "We really had no other choice. We didn't dare to ruin Your Highness's grand wedding, so we had to let my daughter take her place! Please forgive us, Your Highness!"
It had to be said that this half - true and half - false story made Chu Zhiyan believe most of it.
Because it was indeed Di Lanmo who had sent Chu Shisan away last night!
However - Chu Zhiyan saw something. He walked to the bed, reached out and lifted the quilt. A small bundle was hidden under it. It was exactly the luggage that Di Lanmo had packed last night!
Then he looked at the hole in the window paper that he hadn't noticed before. It was obvious what had happened!
After thinking for a moment, Chu Zhiyan knew that what the Lin mother and daughter had done clearly suited Di Lanmo's purpose. But that didn't mean that Chu Zhiyan wouldn't hold the Lin mother and daughter accountable for scheming against him!
The box he had sent with the wedding dress was still there. Chu Zhiyan opened the lid and made sure it was intact.
"Qiao Yan!"
Qiao Yan stepped forward and clasped his fists. "My lord!"
Chu Zhiyan looked at the box. "Take it. Leave the city!" He took a step and then paused. His cold eyes fell on Di Tingyu, who was still covered with the veil. "Take her too!"
"Yes!"
Five li outside the city gate, there was a small tea shed.
People going in and out of the city would stop here to rest and gossip about the recent interesting things in the capital.
If you were to talk about the biggest event in the capital recently, it was none other than the wedding of the Prince of Qin!
Di Lanmo listened to the passing common people talking about the wedding in the city. She curled her lips. She didn't know what was going on in the city now.
After finishing the last sip of tea, she got up and was about to continue on her way when she saw a group of soldiers galloping towards her.
Di Lanmo narrowed her eyes. "Damn it!"
She never expected that Chu Zhiyan would actually come after her with people! Wasn't that a bit too much!
Di Lanmo looked around and tried to hide behind the tea shed, but she couldn't escape Chu Zhiyan's hawk - like eyes.