On a certain day at the end of April in the third year of Song Yuanfu, Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo

Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, invitation, and personal greeting, this is the "six rites".

The "Six Rites" already existed at the time of the Shang Zhou Dynasty and have continued to this day, known as the "Zhou Rites".

Nacai is the man's family inviting a matchmaker to the woman's house to propose marriage. If the woman agrees to marry, the man formally proposes to the woman's family, and the name is determined by divination.

Marriage etiquette is extremely cumbersome, time-consuming, endless, generally these things can not be completed in a few months, and some can even drag on for more than several years.

Generally speaking, the official eunuchs and nobles of the Song Dynasty followed the "six rites", while the poor people were troublesome, and at the same time, they could not bear the cost of money in the marriage negotiation stage, so the people simplified the "six rites" to the "four rites", that is, the name and invitation were omitted.

Li Sanjian couldn't stand it anymore on this day, so he simply dragged the matchmaker and went to Cai's mansion to ask for marriage...

Fu Erniang has asked someone to go to Cai's house to propose marriage since January, and more than three months have passed, but the "six rites" have only been carried out to the stage of asking for names and Najib, which of course has the reason why Caifu has been delaying for a long time, but since Li Sanjian's "gold list title", Caifu's attitude has changed, and he has promised to do this family affair, but because he wants to follow the "six rites", it has been delayed until now.

Li Sanjian can't afford to drag it out, the reason is that Li Sanjian is no longer Cai Rongxue who will not marry in this life, of course, marrying refers to marrying a wife rather than taking a concubine.

At this time, whether Li Sanjian wants to or not, Li Sanjian must include Wang Wen in the room, and the reason will not be repeated.

At this time, Wang Wen had already lived in Li Sanjian's residence, waiting for Li Sanjian to marry according to the etiquette of the Li family, and at the same time, Fu Erniang was also constantly urging, forcing Li Sanjian to go to Cai's mansion to discuss marriage with some rudeness.

Li Sanjian wants to marry Cai Rongxue before taking Wang Wen into the room, so that is the least respect for his future wife Cai Rongxue, whether it is etiquette or not, at least Li Sanjian thinks so in his heart.

Li Sanjian won the first place in April, and then he was given the first roll call, Shi Brown gave the robe and wat, worshiped the first teacher, the title of "Xiaolu of the same year", and the cross-horse tour of the street took three days to end, and finally went to the official department to hand over the official position, and was busy for more than a month, which made Li Sanjian tired enough.

On this day, Li Sanjian had time to go to Cai's Mansion to solve the matter, and after deciding on his family affairs, Li Sanjian had to put down his burden, take office, and plunged into the Song officialdom...

"Ouch, I said Champion Lang, where is there a person who comes to ask for an appointment in person? It must be the elders of the family... Along the way, Yu Media's concubine talked endlessly.

Yu Matchmaker's attitude at this time is also the same as Caifu's, it has changed, she was reluctant at the beginning, but at this time she is extremely positive and excited, even if there is not much money to take.

You must know that successfully connecting a champion will make Yu Matchmaker famous, and it will make Yu Matchmaker's door like a busy traffic.

"There is no mother at home, what can I do?" Li Sanjian spread his hands when he heard this, and said helplessly.

At present, only Fu Erniang is the elderly in Li Sanjian's family, and Fu Erniang can't come forward, and Li Sanjian is unwilling to let his mother come forward again, so he has no choice but to do this.

"Yes" Yu Matchmaker nodded and said: "Don't worry, with my Yu Media's mouth, with Zhuangyuanlang's identity as a big official, Cai Fu will definitely agree." ”

"Thank you, thank you, I'm sorry." Li Sanjian said with a smile on his face.

"Li Sanjian!" While the two were talking, someone suddenly opened his mouth in a soft sedan chair parked on the side of the street and whispered Li Sanjian's name.

Li Sanjian turned his head when he heard this, only to see the soft sedan curtain opened, revealing a pretty face.

"Male... Public... After Li Sanjian saw it clearly, he was so shocked that he didn't come out for a long time.

Who is the woman in front of Li Sanjian who is not the princess of Xu Guo?

Li Sanjian has never seen many princesses since his trip to Guizhou, but he didn't expect to see her again here and now.

And what made Li Sanjian wonder was, why did the princess suddenly appear here?

"You come into the sedan chair, I have something to say." The princess, who was sitting in the soft sedan chair, whispered.

"Into the sedan car?" Li Sanjian hesitated and asked.

In broad daylight, how could he get into the princess's soft sedan chair? There were two palanquin men and a maid next to him looking at him, and at this time Li Sanjian was preparing to rush to Cai's mansion to ask questions...

"Come on in, or I'll shout." The princess glared at Li Sanjian and said.

"You go ahead and wait for me... After Li Sanjian reluctantly ordered Yu Matchmaker, Shan Kui and others, he got into the princess's soft sedan chair.

The soft sedan chair is extremely small, and it can seat two petite people at most, and after Li Sanjian got in, it suddenly looked crowded, and Li Sanjian's nose was about to come into contact with the princess's pretty face.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Li Sanjian said with a smile on his face: "The sedan chair is too small, it abruptly seduces the princess, please forgive the princess." ”

"Li Sanlang, champion and first, congratulations." The princess didn't care, looked at Li Sanjian and said.

"Thank you, thank you, Sanjian can have today, all rely on the cultivation of the saint." Li Sanjian nodded.

"I heard you're getting married soon?" The princess then said with a grumbling voice.

Li Sanjian nodded, looking at the princess with a somewhat sad expression and was silent.

"You... Do you really like her?" asked the princess again, sadly.

Li Sanjian nodded and sighed when he heard this, but he still couldn't answer.

The princess is interested in herself, how can Li Sanjian not know? The point is that this is simply impossible.

marrying the royal family, Li Sanjian can't even think about it, who is the princess? is the son of the dragon and the grandson of the dragon, how can a lowly person like Li Sanjian be able to marry him? It's not the right door at all, and the gap between the two is like a chasm, which is insurmountable.

Moreover, at this time, it was the mourning period of the former emperor Zhao Xu, even if Li Sanjian could marry the princess, then he would have to be married three years later.

Therefore, Li Sanjian was speechless at this time.

"Congratulations, I wish you a good marriage and a good 100 years of marriage." Although the princess said congratulations, it was extremely bitter, which made Li Sanjian extremely unbearable, but she was helpless.

"San Lang, can I still call you San Lang?" The princess asked again.

Li Sanjian nodded and said, "Sanjian has a negative princess, and I feel uncomfortable, but you, princess... Yes know ... ”

"Saburo I know, at this time... At this time ... I beg you one thing. The princess lowered her head slowly, and her voice was as thin as a mosquito.

"If the princess has something to say, please give instructions below, and listen to it below." Li Sanjian nodded.

"Mother... Mother kisses her... She was under house arrest... Our days have been miserable, begging ... Please... Go and beg the emperor's brother... Saburo... Please... At this time, two lines of tears flowed from the princess's eyes, and she looked very pitiful.

House arrest? Li Sanjian immediately understood what was going on.

Princess Xu Guo is the sister of the first emperor Zhao Xu, is the daughter of Concubine Zhu, when Zhao Xu was alive in the past, Princess Xu Guo lived a very comfortable life, but Zhao Xu died, people went to tea and cooled, the life of the mother and daughter must be far worse than before, the most important thing is the matter between the Queen Mother and Concubine Zhu, Li Sanjian has heard of it for a long time, when he was in the Duanwang Mansion in the past, Li Sanjian knew, so what good days does Concubine Zhu have?

Empress Dowager Xiang and Zhao Ji are afraid of their reputation, and they will never endanger Concubine Zhu's life, but they will definitely not treat them as before.

A rude and willful, unusually cute princess actually fell into such a field at this time, which made Li Sanjian's heart even more uncomfortable.

But what can Li Sanjian do to help them? How could Li Sanjian be able to interfere in the affairs of the royal family? can't even mention half a sentence, unless Li Sanjian doesn't want to continue to be an official or fight for his life...

But at this time, how could Li Sanjian bear to open his mouth to refuse the princess? And how can you bear to make it sad and go away? Zero-One Reading Network

"Don't worry, princess, whenever you have the opportunity, you will definitely intercede for the concubine and the princess in front of the saint." Li Sanjian thought about it for a long time, so he had to answer like this.

When this sentence was spoken, Li Sanjian himself didn't believe it, let alone the princess, but Li Sanjian could only say this at present, and there was nothing else to say.

"Much more ... Thank you, Saburo, I'm really... Thank you so much, whether this is successful or not, I will remember you for the rest of my life. The princess turned from sadness to joy and cried with joy, and gently grabbed Li Sanjian's hand and said.

Li Sanjian smiled and nodded.

The two were then relatively speechless, and after half a ring, Li Sanjian got off the princess's soft sedan chair, and the princess then said softly to Li Sanjian: "San Lang, I'm leaving, I wish you a good tie again, you... Take care. ”

Li Sanjian nodded, and watched the soft sedan chair carrying the sobbing princess gradually moving away, and suddenly his blood surged, and he ran a few steps to the side of the princess's sedan chair, opened the sedan curtain and said to the princess: "Princess, Sanjian is not talented, and there is a princess who is gracious, but the princess dares to marry, and Sanjian is willing to give up his life to marry... You, do you see it? ”

"San Lang." The princess couldn't hold back any longer, sat in the sedan chair and held Li Sanjian's hands tightly and cried: "I know, I know your heart, San Lang... I... I.... ”

It is impossible for the two to be together, and the princess knows this, but Li Sanjian is impulsive, and being able to say this has made the princess feel extremely happy.

。。。。。。。。

What is this called? It's not enough to provoke two, and now another one? Li Sanjian was simply helpless...

But fortunately, it's really impossible between the two...

"Let's go!" After a long time, Li Sanjian said to Shankui who was guarding the side.

Li Sanjian was full of concerns, and soon came to the door of Cai's mansion with Yu Matchmaker, Shan Kui and others.

"Sister-in-law, please come in, Yu matchmaker, please!" Cai Fu was not embarrassed by Li Sanjian at this time, it seemed that he was not very surprised, Cai Jing's third son, Cai Zhen, was already waiting for the door of Cai Mansion and welcomed Li Sanjian and others in.

At this time, Cai Fu had already agreed to this family business, and of course changed his name and called Li Sanjian his son-in-law.

"Thank you, brother." At the time of "catching a son-in-law under the list", Cai Cheng once led his family to help, so Li Sanjian knew Cai Cheng, so he bowed heavily and said: "The little brother is abrupt today, please forgive my brother, the little brother will get straight to the point, and the little brother will come to the next employment period today." ”

"Haha, okay, okay, my brother already knows, sister-in-law, please come in, my father is waiting for you." Cai Yi smiled when he heard this.

I've seen someone who is anxious, but I've never seen someone who is so anxious, and everyone in Caifu is amused.

Where in this world is there a bridegroom who comes to the door to ask for the date? Generally speaking, they either entrust the elders in the family or entrust them to matchmakers, but Li Sanjian actually came by himself, which made the people in Cai's house secretly surprised, and at the same time, they looked down on Li Sanjian more and more.

It's not for the sake of Li Sanjian being the champion of the new department, Cai Fuzhong will not accept this marriage anyway.

A lowly person is a lowly person, where do you know these rules, where have you seen the world?

The same is true for Cai Chong, but on the surface it is still passable, the reason is that at this time, Cai Chong's official position is only a military position, while Li Sanjian is a promiser from Qipin, and at the same time, there is also a dispatch, that is, the Kaifeng Mansion Prison Prosecutor.

Martial ministers cannot be compared with civil ministers, let alone military ministers who do not have real positions.

Although according to the Cai family, he is not afraid of the little Wenchen from the eighth grade, but why did Cai Cheng laugh at Li Sanjian and offend him?

After the two sides were polite for a while, Li Sanjian ordered Shankui to move the dowry in.

This made the people in Cai's mansion look down on Li Sanjian even more.

Li Sanjian's family is poor, although the champion and the first, the emperor rewarded some gold, silver, money and silk and other things, although Li Sanjian currently has an official salary, but it is still a drop in the bucket, so Li Sanjian's dowry is still extremely meagre, is miserable...

Li Sanjian's dowry is not even comparable to ordinary people, let alone wealthy families, eunuchs and noble families.

Therefore, Li Sanjian's little unbearable dowry made the people in Cai's mansion look down on Li Sanjian more and more, even if Li Sanjian is the champion of the new department.

Of course, Li Sanjian saw the disdain of the people in Cai's house, but he was also extremely helpless.

Who doesn't want to carry a rich dowry and marry Cai Rongxue in a beautiful way? But can Li Sanjian take it out at present? The answer is no.

These meager gifts are still the dowry gifts that Li Sanjian has prepared with all his talents.

If Cai Rongxue was born in an ordinary rich family, such as the family of an ordinary businessman, then the situation would be much better, Li Sanjian secretly said in his heart, Cai's family is the family of the eunuch, high-ranking officials and people abound, family history, and there are many people from Jinshi, so even if Li Sanjian is the champion and first, it is easy to get into their eyes.

At the same time, it was Li Sanjian who was the champion and the first, which made Cai's change and reluctantly accepted this family business.

Li Sanjian knew this, but for Cai Rongxue's sake, Li Sanjian pretended not to see it, and followed Cai Yi into Cai's spacious mansion.

"Enter the Inner Servant Province Liang Pavilion Chief!" Just as Cai Zhen, Li Sanjian and others had just stepped into Cai's mansion, suddenly there was a roll call from a servant outside the mansion gate who was a little flustered but had an unusually loud voice.

Entering the Inner Chamberlain Provincial Pavilion Chief? The people in Cai's mansion were taken aback when they heard this, and Liang Shicheng, the enshrined official of the Inner Serving Province? He is currently a popular person in front of the new emperor Zhao Ji, and the power in the palace is like the sky, and even many concubines and ministers of the court are stammering with him.

What is he here for? Is it a message? Cai Fuzhong was secretly puzzled.

The people in Cai's mansion didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly threw Li Sanjian and the others aside, opened the middle door to greet them, and at the same time, Cai Jing, who lived in the mansion, also hurriedly greeted them.

Cai Jing only glanced at Li Sanjian when he went out, and walked out quickly.

Li Sanjian also bowed down and stood behind everyone.

How could Liang Shicheng and Li Sanjian not know? He is an old acquaintance with Li Sanjian, Liang Shicheng once warned Li Sanjian back then, and also fished Li Sanjian out of the inspection department, so Liang Shicheng is still kind to Li Sanjian, and Li Sanjian is also more grateful to Liang Shicheng, although Li Sanjian understands that Liang Shicheng is doing this for Su Shi's sake.

Li Sanjian is different from others, and is a little different from other court ministers.

Generally speaking, although the ministers of the court and the central government are respectful to the powerful eunuchs in the palace on the surface, and even try their best to flatter and stammer, these people look down on the palace servants from the heart, thinking that they are incomplete people, and when they are needed, they will shout one by one, one by one, the cabinet chief, the lieutenant official, and the prime minister, what is not needed is that they are eunuchs and eunuchs. . . .

But Li Sanjian has never discriminated against them in his heart, and Li Sanjian thinks that most of their backgrounds are relatively pitiful and pitiful.

Parents who suffer from the body, there are very few people in this world who willingly and happily self-harm into the palace or are crippled into the palace, it can be said that there are almost none, many of them are forced to enter the palace for life or by others, they are poor people, they are poor people.

Of course, after entering the palace, it is another matter to do evil after gaining power.

At this time, Li Sanjian just didn't understand why Liang Shicheng came to Caifu? Maybe it's a message, Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.

"Where is the new champion Li Sanjian?" Li Sanjian stood behind, so Liang Shicheng didn't see Li Sanjian, so Liang Shicheng shouted loudly after seeing Cai Jing and others.

"Cabinet Chief, the lower officials are here." Li Sanjian took a few steps forward in surprise and said.

"Your Majesty's dictation." Liang Shicheng looked at Li Sanjian, nodded and smiled and said: "I heard that Li Sanjian, the champion of the new department, will marry the daughter of the Cai family, so I specially prepared some dowry gifts for the champion, and gave the champion Li Sanjian's first house for marriage. ”

"Bring it in." Liang Shicheng then waved his hand.

When the palace servants heard this, they brought in boxes of various gifts, and the lids of the boxes tied with red silk were opened, and they were all rare treasures.

"This... This... Li Sanjian was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"Champion, Your Majesty also said that this is the dowry that the master prepared for the apprentice." Liang Shicheng then smiled at Li Sanjian.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen." Li Sanjian was so grateful that his voice was a little choked...