Chapter 177: The Wedding (I)
Time flies much faster than expected, day after day, especially if you don't take it very seriously, and the days seem to read my disdain for it, so I covered my face and ran away quickly, leaving no ethereal afterimage.
So in just two months, I was only a few days in the castle, and the new tower had not yet been topped out, and the wedding date was approaching in an instant.
Having said that, I have to admire Leonardo's ability to do things, which stems from the rich contacts accumulated over the years of ups and downs in the business world, as well as the pervasive Enides organization, and of course, it is indispensable to scatter money everywhere like a big man.
Under his control, the Duke of Charles in Lower Lorraine agreed to marry the sister of the Count of Nijmegen, and the two sides became in-laws and wholeheartedly cooperated in all aspects, working together to consolidate stability and unity in the northern part of the empire.
It was only when I saw my sister for the first and last time before she got married that I understood why the Duke of Charles had so readily agreed to the marriage.
My sister......
Her official name is Cheryl Hoffman, a young girl with a healthy complexion and slender limbs, vaguely similar contours and eyes to mine, and a little cute baby fat, which makes her look delicate and plump.
All right! I admit that I was excited the moment I saw her, and there was an extremely strong conditioned reflex somewhere in my body, and for the first time after the crossing, I was so eager to fall down, and I scolded Leonardo in my heart for being incomplete, and I was angry that he didn't take it to honor his master first, and sent it to make peace with the old man, what a pity!
As a maiden family, Nijmegen prepared a rich dowry for Miss Cheryl, even including dowries on more than a dozen farms near the border of Lower Lorraine, although the family behind her could not be compared with the long-standing Lorraine family, but it was not lost to each other in the scene.
Tailors from Italy were invited to make her beautiful dresses with expensive fabrics, which immediately became the fashion of Nijmegen in the latest season, with a pleated design at the waist just to cover her lower abdomen, which was pregnant with the hope of Nijmegen's future dominance.
"Why don't you give her to me first, haven't you always hoped that Nijmegen would have a healthy heir, and with such a beauty, are you still worried that you won't be able to give birth to excellent offspring?"
I pretended to be serious, but in my heart I had already begun to look at my sister's seductive body curves in a daze, gritted my teeth and waved goodbye, and viciously asked Leonardo, who was standing next to me, and wanted to write the four words of dissatisfaction on my face.
"But then again, what kind of magic elixir did you use, how long has she been pregnant, why can't you see it at all?"
Leonardo tilted his head and glared at me with special disdain, with the expression of a beast who had already known you, as if he had just caught the prostitute, and did not care about my problem lightly, waved his hand to signal that the convoy escorting the bride could depart, and then turned to me and said:
"Today's words make me believe that you are indeed interested in women, and we have discussed in private before, if you really have a habit of breaking sleeves, is Enides going to take coercive measures to create a new little master, and now the clouds are finally dialed to see the sunrise."
"Princess Serena is a good woman, with a noble blood and a good face, but she is capable and strong in her heart, she is absolutely capable of handling small and small chores, and the little guy who came out of her belly, fusing two excellent bloodlines, must be a good young master who has made a difference."
"Wait!"
I had a vague sense that something was wrong, stopping Leonardo from wanting to continue.
"What does it mean to be a good young master who has made a difference? Am I just a piece of shit? ”
Leonardo tilted his head and pretended to put his hands on the pergola to watch farther and farther away, and the convoy that disappeared at the corner of the road said goodbye, avoiding answering questions, leaving me desolate and messy in the wind......
My wedding is far more troublesome than it seems, even if I am a hands-off shopkeeper, most of the preparations are just a rough idea, and then there are people below to help me turn my fantasy into reality, and of course I have to throw out a lot of shiny gold coins, but I must say that no matter how beautiful the dream is, marriage is all personal work, and the intensity of physical overdraft is no less than fighting a war of equal strength.
The aristocratic wedding should pay attention to pomp, it is better to smash the pot and sell iron than to lose face, and put on the high-spirited score of the Earl, otherwise how can everyone remember that the little-known Nijmegen is an opponent that cannot be insulted, this is Leonardo's original words.
According to the designed process, I led a team of white knights in white clothes and white armor holding the dragon heraldic flag of Nijmegen, majestically appeared in front of the castle paved with flowers on time, quite windy and allowed the cloak to be blown fluttering, neatly dismounted to the beautiful princess he was about to marry, offering exquisite garlands, in order to obtain the consent of the mother's family to enter the castle, and then smiled and waved in the crowd and cheers, rode on the red carpet that had already been paved, and kept throwing pleasing small coins along the way. The servants stooped over and praised the Earl's generosity, and slowly came to the wedding hall where the guests had gathered.
Hans, Kohler, Bull, and Jensen were my best men, all dressed as maids, with neatly combed hair and clean robes, which brought out the heroic temperament of each of them.
Especially the bull, who is usually sloppy and sloppy, and his clothes have not been washed for months, and at night he is indiscriminately covered with damp straw and broken beds full of flea animal skins, and sleeps in his clothes, and the blood of the enemy in the last battle is constantly covered with fresher, and he simply turns a soft fine linen blouse into a hard cloth armor that cannot see the original color, the taste is enduring, and several times disgusted away a few people who wanted to eat a few more bites of Kohler, this magical armor has blocked the enemy's bow and arrow on the battlefield several times, saving the bull's life.
Under the gaze of the nobles and their amorous families, envious or longing or secretly cursed, I walked step by step to Bishop Odosius standing at the end of the red carpet.
The papal envoy, the witness to our wedding, was dressed today in a splendid robe on the day of the Holy Goods, and on his head the holy crown was inlaid with priceless precious stones and pearls, and the visual inspection was less than twenty pounds, which made me a little worried about whether the old man's fragile neck could withstand such a heavy pressure.
He carried a mahogany gilded cross in his right hand, inlaid with gems of different sizes as usual, dressed up and down, like a native old man who had entered the city for the first time, the jewels were very vulgar, coupled with his serious and kind expression, I almost couldn't hold back my laughter.
At that moment, the concierge's band blew the trombone and the cheerful melody announced the official start of the wedding, and the eyes of the guests turned to the open door, and the brightly dressed chamberlains tapped their scepters to remind the whispering crowd to be quiet.
This group of medieval hillbillies have never seen such a novel wedding ceremony, and in their impression, the so-called wedding is just a reason for everyone to get together to consume other people's food, and by the way to find new sexual encounters, to adjust their boring and boring life, who cares that two young people who are not very familiar with each other are experiencing the major events of their lives?
Besides, they are not the only ones of each other, lovers and illegitimate children form the lace life that the lord is talked about, and their family will also turn against each other because of trivial things, and then two poor people who share the same bed and dream will either die of each other's poisonous wine, or die of an accident of traveling and hunting, and the barren territory will fall apart and become the fish on the board for others to sharpen their knives.
The Count of Baudouin, of Flanders, led his precious daughter by the arm, and walked stiffly, led by two petal-throwing maids along the way, to the rainbow door made of flowers, and the white wedding dress that I had ordered was pulled by four little flower girls, who staggered several times and almost made the bride fall.
I tried my best to keep the happy and gentle smile on my face, but I didn't want to see the horrible burlesque in front of me at all.
The Count, who may have regarded the ceremony as a royal consecration, and in fact even the King of Paris, who had never looked it in the eye, was restrained by my strange request, and at last he delivered his daughter into my hands, with a sense of relief in his eyes.
I looked at Princess Serena in a white veil, and we both wished to end this nondescript wedding as soon as possible, Bishop Odoxes nodded with satisfaction, handed the scepter in his hand to the little priest beside him, opened the Bible in front of him, and said slowly in a voice like a heavy bell:
"O Lord! We come to you to witness the blessing of this man and woman as they enter the temple of holy marriage. ”
"According to the main purpose, the two of them will become one, and they will grow old together for the rest of their lives, and they will happily walk the road of heaven together, love each other, help each other, teach each other, and trust each other, and the Father will bless the husband and wife to be blessed with great grace, and they will be inspired to love and protect the Lord, and they will be praised before the Lord for the rest of their lives."
Odoxes turned to me, obviously asking the old man to memorize the lengthy lines a little too much, and he rubbed his head in embarrassment, and only remembered the joke he had memorized for a long time last night:
"When the marriage contract is about to be consummated, if there is any obstacle to their union, bring it up at once or remain silent forever, and I command you to confess before the Lord any reason that hinders your union."
"Randy Adrian Hoffman, would you like this woman to be your wife and betrothed to her? Love her, take care of her, respect her, accept her, be loyal to her until the end of her life, whether she is sick or healthy, poor or rich, or any other reason? ”
(End of chapter)