Chapter 13: The Wedding of Xuefu (1)
Two nightmares in a row, is it because of Xue Chunyue's arrival? The memory of living in Haizhou is obviously gone, Xue Chunyue is obviously a very strange person to her, he will come when he comes, but why is he so affected, is it really a bad fate......
Ye Qinyu lay down again, Zhiqing helped her fold the quilt, and watched her gradually fall asleep before leaving the room.
After Zhiqing left, Ye Qinyu opened her eyes and was distracted in the dark night......
Early the next morning, Ye Qinyu put the plum blossom jade pendant into the brocade box and locked it in the deepest part of the boudoir......
Ye Qinyu had two nightmares in a row, and Princess Jing ordered no one in the palace to mention anything about Xue Chunyue again, so she didn't know that Xue Chunyue and the others had returned to Haizhou. At the beginning, although Ye Qinyu wondered why the elders didn't mention her meeting with Xue Chunyue anymore, she didn't want to see him, so she didn't mention it.
In the blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Ye Qinyu remembered that Xue Chunyue in Changxing might come to the palace for a reunion, so he casually asked Liu Yi about it, after all, if he was coming, she would also prepare a gift as a return gift for that set of precious jewelry. At this time, Liu Yi confessed to her that Xue Chunyue had already returned to Haizhou. Although Ye Qinyu was puzzled, she also dealt with it lightly, after all, she didn't want to ask more about this person.
In this way, another two months passed, and Hongyuan was fourteen years old.
The institutional adjustment of the household department and the Taifu Temple was finally unveiled, and they were officially transferred to the jurisdiction of the Taifu Temple. Since then, Taifu Temple has become a comprehensive institution in charge of many money, grain, finance and taxation affairs such as equal transportation, leveling, salt affairs, iron smelting, land and Taicang. Although its function is to undertake the decree of the Ministry of Households, like the other nine temples and five supervisors, it is not directly subordinate to the six departments, but directly to the Shangshu Province, so the power of the Taifu Temple has been qualitatively improved.
Ye Cizhun was promoted to the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple, as the deputy of the Taifu Temple, and his direct jurisdiction was equal.
When it was first established, the purpose was only to expand fiscal revenue, and specific affairs, such as the transportation of tribute taxes in kind, the low purchase and high sale of goods, etc., were only grasped by the imperial court, and the actual operation was entrusted to the private merchants, who were naturally called "imperial merchants" by the people. The Xue family took advantage of this east wind to take over most of the transportation business and earned the first pot of gold of the Xue family, with this first pot of gold, the Xue family was able to quickly grow bigger, and took over most of the transportation business of the foreign sea and inland rivers of Daye.
Losing evenly and leaving the household department is equivalent to breaking away from the Xue family's sphere of influence, and it is unknown whether the Xue family can take over the transportation business of the imperial court in the future. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Xue family.
It is reported that Ye Cizhun wants to completely recover the actual business of equalizing the loss, and all the transportation and trading of physical tribute taxes are carried out by the imperial court to set up its own team, and completely separate from the private merchants, that is to say, to take back the business in the hands of the imperial merchants, and the imperial court operates it itself, and there is a layer of less interest parties, and the imperial court will naturally make more profits.
Mrs. Xue couldn't afford to be ill, and Ding Taihe suffered another catastrophe, and Xue Chenggui almost turned white.
Xue Chunyue, as the heir of the Xue family, finally knelt down to Xue Chenggui on a snowy night and begged to marry Ye Qinyu, and the reason he gave was that his mother was seriously ill and he was happy and filial.
Faced with Xue Chunyue's request, Xue Chenggui turned his back and burst into tears. His mood is five points of relief and five points of self-blame. Fortunately, Xue Chunyue finally married a good wife, and blamed himself for letting his own son carry too many missions that should not be carried by him...... In the future, it will be up to him to create it or not......
In the middle of winter, Xue Chenggui personally rushed to Changxing to marry Ye Qinyu for his son Xue Chunyue.
In winter, part of the inland river is frozen, and the Xue family uses alternate water and land transportation in order to arrive in Changxing as soon as possible, so the dowry of the Xue family's family for more than ten miles has become a topic of conversation among residents of both land and water.
Prince Jing acted as his father, accepted the marriage proposal of the Xue family, and chose to marry Xue Chunyue and Ye Qinyu in the spring.
In the spring of the fifteenth year of Hongyuan.
Ye Qinyu said goodbye to the elders of Changxing, Liu Yi and Xue Peiqi, who had taken care of him since childhood, and carried the marriage letter written by her own handwriting, and went south with the wedding ship of the Xue family in Haizhou......
She didn't take anything with her, except for the double-layered hollowed-out plum blossom jade pendant, and the set of gold silk beaded dragon and phoenix flower headdress as the bride's headdress.
Thirteen years of Changxing life came to an end here.
Ye Qinyu took one last look at the people who saw her off, Prince Jing and his wife, Xue Chengming and his wife, Liu Yi, Xue Peiqi, and Ye Cizhun who came to see her off...... At the moment when the tears were about to fall, he turned around and walked into the cabin resolutely, she refused the escort of Liu Yi and Xue Peiqi, and she didn't even take Zhiqing arranged by Princess Jing.
is a chess piece, and in the future, this meaningless journey of life, it is enough for her to walk alone.
Prince Jing and Ye Cizhun gave her the wedding gift, which was a reform to freeze the equalization of losses.
With this gift, Ye Qinyu, the "incomplete" lone women's football team, married into the Xue family with beautiful scenery and confidence.
The wedding banquet in Xue's Mansion stretched for ten miles and lasted for three full days. On the last day, the bride's wedding boat arrived in Haizhou, and Xue Chenggui and Xue Chunyue personally went to the dock to greet them, giving the bride enough face.
The bride's wedding dress was very generous, and the do-gooders who were eager to watch did not have a chance to see the bride's left hand, and the legendary stump finger did not have a chance to meet. The unrelenting onlookers waited until the newlyweds had finished their worship and sent them into the cave before they dispersed. The hustle and bustle of the Xue family's wedding banquet, together with the restless curiosity of the do-gooders, gradually subsided and dissipated in the warm and cold spring night, leaving only the red candles lit high in the new house......
Xue Chunyue was slightly drunk, and staggered back to the new house with Xuecheng's support. Today, Su Yuming has always behaved politely and decently, even if Xue Chunyue deliberately didn't go to see her, she also knew that everyone was very satisfied with the performance of the Xue family's daughter-in-law. But the more satisfied everyone was, the more depressed his heart became. The emotions made him depressed, and he stood outside the door of the new house for a long time, not entering.
Mrs. Xue insisted on completing the rituals with her sick body in her arms, and then despite everyone's dissuasion, she staggered to the door of the new house to find Xue Chunyue. Seeing her white-haired and haggard mother, Xue Chunyue's eyes were finally moist, but she still forcibly held back.
Mrs. Xue trembled and held his shoulders without saying a word.
Although his mother didn't speak, he understood her intentions, he was the sister-in-law of the Xue family, the orthodox heir of the Xue family's business, and he couldn't lose his identity on tonight's wedding night, let alone let everyone in the side house of the back house see the jokes.
Xue Chunyue pursed her lips, sorted out her demeanor, and strode into the new house......
After completing the task, Xi Niang quietly retreated and closed the door.
The long sleeves of the bride's wide robe hid her crossed hands, and the slightly exposed knuckles were already slightly white, unabashedly reflecting her nervousness and uneasiness.
Xue Chunyue took the wedding scale and slowly approached......
Xipa fell, Xue Chunyue glanced at it indifferently, and was suddenly shocked!
"You ......"
When the bride heard the movement, she raised her head slightly, met his eyes, and froze instantly!
"You ......"
The two of them were stunned for a quarter of an hour, and Ye Qinyu looked at him, from surprise, to puzzlement, and finally to indifference......
But Xue Chunyue hadn't reacted yet, and at the moment when Ye Qinyu lowered his head, he finally squeezed out a few words, "You...... How could it be Ye Qinyu......"
On the wedding night, the bride categorically couldn't be mistaken, Xue Chunyue's words made Ye Qinyu feel ridiculous, "I didn't expect that Your Excellency would be the second young master of the Xue family, the richest man in Haizhou." ”
Her expression and tone completely devoid of the warmth that she occasionally saw that day, and was replaced by unwavering and impartial indifference...... Why him? The newlywed husband who only used her as a pawn and used her to obtain a situation favorable to the Xue family was actually the person he had been missing for half a year! How much of a mockery is that?! Those encounters, rescues, and meetings now seem to be like a game of hypocrisy......
"The one who is walking with you is Liu Yi, the prince of the prince?"
"Yes." Ye Qinyu's heart was unbearable, and he just wanted to be concise.
The affection between the two of them Xue Chunyue is still vivid, I thought they were just two brothers and sisters who were close to each other, but it turned out that they were a pair of childhood sweethearts......
Xue Chunyue laughed at herself, and turned her face away to stop looking at her.
"I know that my identity is not as good as that of the prince of the king, and I have wronged you. However, when the Xue family's predicament is solved, I will give you back your freedom. ”
Ye Qinyu sneered, "In this way, thank you Young Master Xue." ”
"The Xue Mansion is no better than ordinary people, before freedom, the identity of your Xue family's daughter-in-law, I still hope to remember."
"That's nature."
"It's been a hard journey...... Let's settle early. ”
Hearing what he said, Ye Qinyu leaned in nervously.
"Don't worry, I sleep on the couch outside the screen." Seeing her rejecting people, Xue Chunyue had some mixed feelings in her heart.
It turned out that he was ready to lie on the couch...... What are you thinking...... Ye Qinyu smiled bitterly in his heart.
Sleepless nights.
Early the next morning, when Ye Qinyu got up, she found that the room was empty, and there was no trace of Xue Chunyue, and the unfamiliar environment made her a little cramped and uneasy, and she didn't know what to do at this time.
There was a knock at the door, "Second Young Lady, are you up?" ”
"Get up."
The people outside agreed, then pushed the door in and walked into the room, "Slave Jingyi, the master and the lady arranged to serve the second young lady to freshen up." ”
If she remembered correctly, his personal maid should be called Xinyan......
"Why didn't you say it from your heart?" If it was Xinyan, she should be more comfortable. Defective on her little finger, she had never been accustomed to strangers approaching her......
"Back to the second young lady, it should have been Xinyan, but when he got up in the morning, the second young master was injured a little bit while practicing swords, and now the doctor is treating him, and Xinyan has served in the past."
Ye Qinyu sighed in his heart, he was injured?
"Second young lady, don't worry, it's just that she sprained her wrist, it's fine."
She breathed a sigh of relief...... However, didn't he have to give tea to the old lady on the second day of his wedding, why did he run to practice swords alone......