435: Marriage Banquet
Xiling Kingdom.
In the dormitory, Yun Za was lying on the couch with a leisurely appearance, closing his eyes and recuperating, still wearing the court clothes of the early dynasty, and only removed the heavy nine-bead crown on his head.
"It's really exhausting." The queen, dressed in full costume, walked from outside the palace and sighed, "This year's memorial has finally come to an end...... How long has it been since I had a good night's sleep? I threw all the trivial things to the palace people to do, but I didn't have the strength to manage so much......"
As he spoke, he came to the soft couch where Yunza was staying, and sat down in a corner.
Yun Za opened his eyes and glanced at her, and said with a smile: "Just throw it to the palace people to do, you are not tired these days - but who made you the mistress of this palace?" ”
Xiling Country is not as good as the Wind Country, there are no concubines under the queen, in this land, whether it is a commoner or the Son of Heaven, there is no polygamy, if someone mentions to take a concubine, it will be treated as shocking and unethical.
But there are two sides to things, there are no things in the Xiling Palace, but it has always been calm, but every time the palace is busy, the queen has no sisters to share her worries, some small things can be handed over to the palace people, but more still need to be handled by yourself.
Therefore, being the queen in Xiling Kingdom is indeed an easy technical job.
"If it weren't for the shamelessness of chasing me for five years, and you didn't want to make her a queen, the elders of my family would have sent me to the palace because of the instability of the country...... Where will I be burdened? The queen glanced at Yunza, who was lying there, and pouted.
"Thank you. Thank you for your hard work......" Yunzha sat up cross-legged, smiled attentively, and reached out to squeeze his wife's shoulder.
Who would have imagined that the majestic and violent King of Xiling outside would be like a strict wife?
But this fact is no secret in this huge palace.
"Father!"
Dongzhu's voice came suddenly, and before the palace people could enter the palace, she strode in in a hurry, and where she passed. There was a flurry of noises.
"I'm panicking all day long. There are no rules at all. The queen, who was enjoying her husband's shoulder pinching, raised her eyebrows and looked at her daughter who walked in.
Although the national style of Xiling Kingdom is open, there are still rules for royal princesses.
But this daughter. was really spoiled by her unreliable father.
"Isn't this a daughter in a hurry to come and tell her father?" Dongzhu Road.
"What can you do in a hurry? -- No matter how urgent you are, you can't mess with the rules. "On this kind of 'big right and wrong'. Yunza has always been on his wife's side.
Seeing this, Dongzhu pouted. So he said falsely: "I have a letter from Jin Ran here, do you think it's an urgent matter?" ”
"Ran's letter?" Yun Zha's expression on his face suddenly changed, and he said, "Take it quickly!" ”
Dongzhu snorted with a smile. He walked over and handed the letter to Yunza.
Yunza quickly opened the envelope and shook off the letterhead.
The queen on one side saw that his face was full of fluctuations, which was very different from usual, and hurriedly asked, "What did that child say in the letter?" ”
Yun Za's face became a little worse, but he sighed heavily and said, "I don't understand!" ”
The queen looked at him speechlessly, and just as she was about to ask Dongzhu to invite Jiang Lang over, she heard that Yun Za had already rushed ahead of her and opened her mouth and ordered: "Call Ah Lie over to read the letter!" ”
Although he and Dongzhu also learned some of the Fengguo script, they were limited to oral language, and if they were asked to write or recognize, they would not be able to.
As for the queen, not to mention, she can't even say it, let alone admit it.
Naturally, there are ministers in the palace who are good at Feng Chinese, but the letter is from Jinqi, where is Yun Za relieved to let others see on his behalf, so he can only find Jiang Lang to come.
When Jiang Lang rushed over, Yun Za was already impatient, he had already gotten up from the couch, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and when he saw Jiang Lang coming in, he hurriedly stuffed the letter and urged: "Look at what is written on this letter?" ”
Jiang Lang saw that he was in a hurry, so he did not delay.
But when I saw it, I was immediately stunned.
"What's wrong?" Seeing his expression, Yun Za was pleasantly surprised, and asked hesitantly, "Is it ...... What did you find? ”
Jiang Lang was immersed in his own shock as if he hadn't heard his words at all, and after a while, this shock became half relieved and half annoyed, so that his face looked very complicated and contradictory.
"Ah Lie, you're talking!" Yunza is like an ant on a hot pot, and he can't calm down for a moment.
“…… He's going to marry Ah Ying! Jiang Lang finally spoke, and his voice was like an earth-shattering shock.
"What?" The three members of the Yunza family exclaimed in unison.
It's just that the expressions of the three people are completely different.
Dongzhu is happy, looking happy for her best friend; The queen was at a loss, because although she knew Jiang Ying, she was only Jiang Lang's sister, but she didn't know the relationship between her and Jin Qi, so she only felt incredible when she heard that these two were going to marry.
And King Xiling's expression was the most peculiar, with surprise and clarity, but some disappointment in it.
“…… I haven't heard him mention this matter to me in Yunzhou before, which is clearly a prelude to the first cut! As an elder brother, Jiang Lang was a little dissatisfied with this.
The queen is a smart person, and she guessed the reason about Jiang Lang's attitude, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing, so it is really close to each other - as for not asking your opinion in advance, I am afraid that there may be any hardships." Or when I was in Yunzhou before, it was not good to speak to you rashly if I hadn't made up my mind. ”
"No, I'm going back to the Windy Country." Jiang Lang frowned.
"I'm afraid it's too late to leave now, right?" The queen reminded.
"I can't catch up with the marriage, but who knows if I will come to this trick when I get married, and then tell me when the date is set, then I'm afraid that my brother won't even be able to catch up with the wedding banquet!" At this moment, Jiang Lang seemed to be particularly far-sighted.
Dongzhu grabbed his arm. Excitedly: "Then I'll go too!"
"What are you making a fuss about?" The queen said disapprovingly, "Let Ah Lie go and see what is going on." When the date of marriage is set, let's discuss again whether to go over and congratulate in person. ”
As he spoke, he looked at Yunza, as if asking for his opinion.
But Yunza didn't seem to have reacted to what she was talking about, frowned and asked Jiang Lang, "In this letter, nothing else was said?" ”
Jiang Lang shook his head and asked again, "What does my father-in-law mean?" ”
Yun Za didn't speak, but his brows furrowed tighter, looking very displeased.
The queen glanced at him and said, "It's just a marriage." It's just a ritual. Didn't you get married and didn't tell you in advance, and you were guilty of making a face because of this? ”
Yun Za didn't explain to her, only snorted coldly, and said inexplicably: "This stubborn donkey is really unreliable at all." ”
"Look at what you're talking about." The queen poked her finger at it. Ignore him. turned to Jiang Lang and said, "You have to go back." Let's prepare in advance, although the marriage is not as good as getting married, but the gift still needs to be prepared - you should prepare your own first. The queen mother's share here will be sent over later, and you can bring it with you. ”
"Mother Lao is worried, I'll go down and prepare." Jiang Lang should come down, and then turned around and walked out of the dormitory.
Dongzhu followed out, obviously not planning to listen to his mother's words, and insisted on following Jiang Lang back to the Wind Country.
The queen could only sigh helplessly.
When he turned his face, he was facing Yunza's tightly curled face.
"You, you...... The little one doesn't let me worry about it, and you're not the same old one as you look up, what do you care about with the same child? ”
"Hey...... I can't tell you this! ”
……
And when this letter was delivered to the Xiling Palace, the Jin family's rich dowry was also sent into the gate of the Qingbo Pavilion in turn.
The scarlet burden was carried one after the other.
The concierge of the Qingbo Pavilion, who had been busy for a long time, poked his head and looked back, and the salute bearers were still neatly arranged in his sight, and he couldn't even see the end.
How much has this been raised?
From the Jin State Mansion to the Qingbo Pavilion, there was a long queue of recruits, and I don't know how many people paid attention.
How long has it been since there has been such a grand marriage in this capital?
"It's destined to be a good story!"
"Is it true that the story was made of silver...... Hmph, superficial to the extreme. ”
The dowry went from the main entrance, but the guests who were invited to the door could not avoid the side door, and accidentally saw a corner of the red cloth covered by a certain burden blown away by the wind, revealing a dazzling gorgeous brilliance, so he said everything.
"Elder Li is a little sour when he says this, right? Who doesn't know that your family has also invited a matchmaker to go to Elm Hutong before...... Speaking of which, aren't you still unwilling?"
"That is, as the saying goes, if you can afford to take it and put it down, you are a true gentleman - Li Lao is so undecent, right?"
"Besides, isn't it expected to lose to the Jin family?"
"I'm too lazy to talk to you people who tend to be inflammatory!" The Confucian scholar, known as Li Lao, flicked his sleeves and strode ahead with his servants.
And today, I don't know how many literati like him came.
It's just that the expression is so obvious, but I can't find a few, after all, although not everyone has this thing, although not everyone has it, anyone who wants to pretend can pretend to be able to pretend.
The feast was set in the evening, and at this time, when the first time Shen arrived, the guests who received the invitations had already arrived.
The Qingbo Pavilion is not so easy to enter, and it is not easy to seize the opportunity of Mr. Kong's banquet, so naturally there is no reason to be late, and it is better to arrive early, even if you can't see Mr. Kong, you can go around in this Qingbo Pavilion, and it is good to increase your knowledge.
The Qingbo Pavilion was busy inside and outside, due to the large number of guests invited to the banquet, the servants in the Qingbo Pavilion were not enough at all, so they were seconded from the clan early in the morning, and thirty maids and twenty maids were seconded from the clan.
Uncle Di was a little worried, but Mr. Kong was very happy.
"That's what you want!"
Uncle Di: "......"
He doesn't read much, but noisy is really not a good word, okay?
In the Tuoyue Courtyard where Jiang Ying is located, although it can't be called 'noisy' in Kong Fu's mouth, it is also very lively.
At the wedding banquet, although she didn't have to show up as a girl's family, today was the day of the next appointment, and she didn't stay in the elm alley to make a sense that it didn't matter to herself, so she was sent over by Liang Ping early in the morning.
After noon, Liang Pingzhuang's and Fang Dafang's two cadres also rushed over, and the restaurant posted the big red door paper of "the owner is happy, and the business is closed for a day" yesterday.
And even if it is not posted, I am afraid that everyone in the whole city will not know what day it is.
At this time, Liang Ping went to the front hall to entertain the guests with Mr. Kong. For Liang Ping, today is not only a happy day, but also a good opportunity to get acquainted with literati from all walks of life, so he has been excited since a few days ago - and his two sons have no such awareness, the brothers have to go to the kitchen, as if they have made an occupational disease in the restaurant business, insisting on adding a few good dishes to the guests, although Zhuang feels powerless, but he does not stop them.
After all, the two of them also want to do their best.
Zhuang didn't go out to work, but stayed in the Tuoyue Courtyard, and Jiang Ying and Liang Wenqing played leaf cards for an afternoon, and a group of female relatives talked and laughed, ate and drank, but they didn't know how much more comfortable than Liang Ping......
"Aunt Zhuang, you help me take care of Ah Rong for a while, and I'll go out to see Jingping." Seeing that the two girls were setting up dishes and chopsticks outside, presumably a banquet was about to start outside, Song Chunyue stood up and wanted to tell Zhou Jingping a few words, lest he get carried away for a while and eat more.
Today is also a good opportunity for Zhou Jingping, and his excitement is even more than that of Liang Ping.
Because of this, Song Chunyue was worried that he would lose his sense of proportion at the dinner table.
and Song Chunfeng, who also has to be explained.
Zhuang guessed her thoughts, and while taking the child over, he said: "When I see your Uncle Liang, remember to tell a few words, his drunken virtue probably can't be more shameful than him——"
Song Chunyue agreed with a smile, and before leaving, she glanced at the card game again, and reminded Jiang Ying which card to press Liang Wenqing, so Liang Wenqing was angry and drove people away: "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”
"Hahaha......" Hua Changjing smiled and threw out a Jing Wanguan.
……
It was dark outside.
The feast is set up in the Golden Crane Garden in the south of the Seongbo Pavilion, and at this moment the lanterns are knotted, illuminating the whole garden as bright as day, and the guests push the cups and change the chips, chant poems against each other, and the scene is very lively. However, because most of the people present were literati and scholars, there was no ordinary coarse voice on the table.
At this time, in front of the gate of the Qingbo Pavilion, in addition to the long chariot and horse sedan caravan lined up on both sides, there were only two old servants who had just exchanged to guard the door, taking advantage of the cool night in autumn and the purity of this time, with a smile on their faces, talking about the rare lively scene in the Qingbo Pavilion today.
While the two old servants were talking, they didn't notice a man and a woman looking at the door next to the convoy.
Both of them were dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and they mustered up the courage to take one step forward and two steps back, as if they were very undecided. (To be continued.) )
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