Chapter 20: Marriage Day

April 20, it is advisable to get married.

Early in the morning, Zhong Xuanlan was pulled up by the maids to dress up, which made her want to beat people, and when she saw Zhong Xuanlan's impatient expression, she hurriedly went to persuade her.

After an hour, it was finally done.

Chun Zhi smiled and said, "You are so beautiful, master. ”

Everyone nodded.

Zhong Xuanlan pursed his lips, half-opened his eyes, and said, "What time is it?" ”

"There is still an hour, and my uncle will arrive."

"Oh." Zhong Xuanlan wanted to lie down to sleep, but was hurriedly stopped by Chun Zhi, "Family master, there is makeup on your face." ”

Zhong Xuanlan closed his eyes and said, "Then you give me a lean." ”

After finishing speaking, he leaned back, Chun Zhi hurriedly stood up, just supported her, patted his chest gently, so dangerous, and glared fiercely at the person who frightened her.

I don't know how long it took, when Chun Zhi felt his body stiff, Zhong Xuanli shouted outside the door: "Sister, I'm here, I'm here to carry you out." ”

Zhong Xuanlan was woken up, he was unhappy, got up and opened the door, glanced at Zhong Xuanli, and said, "I'll go out by myself." ”

After that, Zhong Xuanlan walked out, and Chun Zhi chased after him with Xipa, "Family master, Xipa." ”

"No need."

"Oh." The spring solstice casually stuffed the girl ring on the side.

Zhong Xuanli felt that he had once again caused trouble and provoked his sister, and he was thinking about whether to run away, when a voice happened to come into his ears: "Young master, the big boss said that if you escape from the house today, she will let the government issue a wanted warrant tomorrow, as well as a reward order in the rivers and lakes, anyone who has seen you, beat you once, and a reward of 100 gold." Catch the person who comes back, and the bounty is ten thousand. ”

After the summer solstice left, Zhong Xuanli pursed his lips and looked at the sky speechlessly.

In the hall of the front yard with colorful lights and red silk, Zhong Tinghao, who was wearing a purple spring shirt, was dealing with the Zhong family who came early, and saw Zhong Xuanlan walking in and asked, "Daughter, why don't you wear Xipa?" ”

"I'm a husband, not a man."

Zhong Tinghao nodded stunned, "Oh." ”

After Zhong Xuanlan greeted the dozen or so Zhong family members sitting in the hall, he warned the clansmen: "Everyone, our Zhong family has always only done business and not entered the court, if anyone commits it, don't blame the head of the family for being ruthless." ”

The gray-bearded, energetic old man said, "Niece, I will be optimistic about them." ”

Zhong Xuanlan said: "Thank you Third Uncle." Then he looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone, remember that one is prosperous, and one is lost." ”

Everyone nodded their heads and said they knew.

At the end of the day, Wang Xuannian rode a horse and led a group of people from the Zhongfu courtyard to Zhongfu to greet his relatives.

At the gate of Zhongfu, Wang Xuannian, who was sitting on horseback, saw Zhong Xuanlan wearing a phoenix crown on his head, his eyebrows were lightly dyed, his lips were slightly dotted, his face was white and red, and his eyebrows were pasted with red peach blossoms.

It wasn't until Zhong Xuanlan set off in a sedan chair that he came back to his senses, sitting on horseback and not daring to move his body, for fear that he would accidentally make a fool of himself and lose face.

At this time, people on the streets and alleys have long known that today is the big day for the emperor to get married. It is said that the husband who is going to marry Zhong Da is a poor boy, and they are looking forward to seeing that person now, wouldn't it be a pity if they missed the excitement?

Early in the morning, everyone gathered around the street and waited for the greeting procession.

Time passed slowly, and a whole team of fiery figures appeared, showing a festive color, leaving an unforgettable scene in this spring and sunny day.

On both sides of the street, two teams of officers and soldiers opened the way, and more than a dozen families spread out the red carpet in front, and then six maidservants walked on each side, carrying flower baskets in one hand and scattering flower petals in the other, and the flowers flying in the air with the breeze exuded the fragrance of wisps of flowers.

The people stood on tiptoe and flocked to watch the grand wedding.

Everyone saw the young man sitting on a white horse with a red flower on his head, he was wearing a red robe, wearing a jade crown, half of his hair was tied inside, the back half was draped on his back, his immature and slightly thin facial features, and his round eyes were looking ahead.

The people in the team held horns, suona, and copper cymbals and skin drums. Blowing and blowing all the way, one is louder than the other, and the song "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang" sings blessings for the newcomers.

As the team slowly moved forward, I saw a fiery red phoenix brocade tassel sedan chair carried by eight people and decorated with snow-white pearls at the four corners, followed by two pretty maids on both sides, each carrying a basket and constantly throwing money out.

The people were dumbfounded, the Zhong family deserved to be the head of the six imperial merchants!

bent down to pick up money, some people were quick to pick up about ten yuan, some picked up one or two yuan, and some were not disappointed if they didn't pick up money, because there were six people behind the sedan chair carrying three boxes of money.

In addition, there are officers and soldiers who closely follow the sedan chair to maintain order and protect the team.

Someone couldn't help but stumble: "Tsk, it's really worthy of a big family to marry." But isn't this groom a little small? ”

The thin man next to him said, "Hey, you just don't know when you look at it." The groom is a little smaller, but the big man likes it, and it is said that the two fell in love at first sight. ”

The man asked curiously, "Oh? Where is the groom? ”

The thin man said: "The husband of this Zhong Da Boss is said to be from a peasant family, but Zhong Da Dang's family is worthy of him, which is a bit of a pity." ”

The man asked, "How?" ”

The thin man said proudly: "You are from outside." Have you heard of the Zhong family? When the queen mother's family, and Zhong Da has been in charge of the family since she took charge of the family, she has changed the Zhong family from the last imperial merchant to the head of the six families, and she is also the lord of Xinlan County. ”

Then he said regretfully: "Tsk, it's a pity, Zhong Da's family wants to have a family background, and he wants to look good, and he recruited a poor boy to join him, it's a pity." ”

The man said enviously and sourly: "This kid is really good luck!" ”

When Wang Xuannian heard these words, her heart moved slightly, it turned out that she was still the county lord of Xinlan, and she had such a noble status, why did she want to marry him?

But he was very happy to marry her, even if it was a contract couple, this was indeed his luck!

After a long time, a group of people who had circled around Kyoto City returned to the gate of the Bell Mansion in red and hung with colors, and the deafening sound of firecrackers rang out to welcome the newcomers.

His mind was blank, and Wang Xuannian, who was stiff, carried out the marriage process according to the prompts of others.

When the two of them were about to worship heaven and earth, they said: "King Ling has arrived." ", interrupting the process of the two worshipping the church.

Zhong Xuanlan frowned slightly, he still rushed back!

Everyone present stood up to greet them.

Zhong Xuanlan saw Wang Xuannian's overwhelmed appearance, moved closer to him, patted his back with his right hand, lowered his head, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, just treat him as an ordinary person." ”

Wang Xuannian saw that those eyes were much more settled in his heart, and nodded towards Zhong Xuanlan.

The corners of Zhong Xuanli's mouth twitched when he heard this, only his sister dared to say that. stepped forward and said, "Brother-in-law, when you see how I salute, you can do it." ”

Wang Xuannian pursed his lips tightly, and nodded a little shyly when he heard the title of "brother-in-law".

Everyone greeted Queen Ling before continuing to watch the ceremony.

King Ling's Shangguan Shao Yang's eyes were slightly downcast, the corners of his lips were tightly pursed, his hands were clenched, and his eyes fell on the person wearing a red wedding robe, with charming and moving makeup and a colorful wedding dress, making her whole person unbelievably beautiful.

This is the person he has been thinking about for a long time, thinking that she does not belong to him today, his right hand covers his left chest, and his heart is painful and sad like a silk thread.

And here, under the gaze of everyone, Wang Xuannian tightened his little face, his palms were sweating, the red silk in his hands was slightly wet, he worshipped Zhong Xuanlan according to other people's prompts, and when he turned to leave, he caught a glimpse of King Ling's eyes looking at Zhong Xuanlan, full of pain and sadness, some doubts, and some dislikes, immersed in thoughts until he returned to the new house.

Zhong Xuanlan touched his head and said with a smile: "The little guy is scared, what will he do in the future?" ”

"I," wasn't scared.

Before he finished speaking, Zhong Xuanlan picked him up and sat on her lap, and said, "Don't be afraid, isn't there still me?" ”

Wang Xuannian blushed and nodded.

"I'll bring you food when the spring solstice comes, you can freshen up and rest after eating, I may not be back until later."

Wang Xuannian said: "Okay." ”

Zhong Xuanlan put the person on the bed and turned to leave.

Wang Xuannian, who was alone, looked at the new house, the red candle was burning, its light illuminated the room, the doors, windows, screens, etc. were pasted with happy words everywhere, red door curtains, red bed curtains, red brocade quilts embroidered with mandarin ducks, a festive color, but it was terrifyingly quiet here.

Soon, Chun Zhi brought the food in and said, "Uncle, let's eat." ”

Wang Xuannian nodded, looked at the food on the table, and said, "Sister Chunzhi, have you eaten it?" ”

Spring Solstice shook his head.

"Let's eat together."

Spring Solstice nodded.

The two had dinner quietly, and Chun Zhi packed up the food box, and when he remembered the instructions of the head of the family, he asked, "Uncle, what do you want everyone to call you?" ”

Wang Xuannian looked at the spring solstice in confusion.

Chun Zhi asked, "Do you like us to call you Uncle, Master Horse or Son?" ”

Wang Xuannian asked, "What do you call her?" ”

Chunzhi explained: "The people in the family and the family call her the head of the family, the people who follow her in business or the merchants outside call her the big boss, and the royal or official calls her the county lord, but the head of the family especially dislikes the title of the county lord." ”

Wang Xuannian nodded, thought for a while, and said, "You call me Gongzi." ”

Chun Zhi nodded and said, "Childe, I'll leave first, you wait here for a while, and someone will bring hot water in a while." ”

"Okay."

Wang Xuannian sat on the edge of the bed after taking a bath and waited for Zhong Xuanlan to return, waited and waited, and then fell asleep......

At the same time, Zhong Xuanlan walked into the new house with vain steps, and when she saw the festive decorations, she was slightly stunned, she actually got married.

Looking up, I saw Wang Xuannian, who was sleeping soundly on the railing at the head of the bed, frowned slightly, carried the person to the bed and lay down, took off his coat and shoes for him, covered him with a brocade quilt, touched his little face, and thought: Don't let me down.

After looking at Wang Xuannian for a while, Zhong Xuanlan sat at the dressing table and removed the full head of beads, walked into the ear room to take a bath before putting down the bed curtain, quietly climbed on the bed and hugged Wang Xuannian, and slowly fell asleep.

The quiet new house, leaving only the burning red candles, illuminates this warm scene......