Chapter 172: Marriage
Time flies quickly, Zhou Chong's wedding day has finally arrived, this day the entire Zhou Mansion is full of lights, in the morning before dawn, Zhou Chong was pulled up from the quilt by Bang Er and Bai Mengwan, and then the two of them and a few other maids were responsible for dressing Zhou Chong, not only to smear powder on the face, but also to wear a red flower on the head, not to mention how awkward.
Zheng Jing and Li Zheng and other young people also came to the Zhou Mansion early, after they had breakfast, they had to accompany Zhou Zhong to the palace to greet their relatives, in addition to Zheng Jing's friends, the entire Songjiang Mansion students, as well as some eunuchs, wealthy businessmen's children almost all came, after all, now Zhou Chong's reputation is in full swing, so he naturally wants to take this opportunity to stammer.
When Zhou Chong, who was dressed up and couldn't see his true face, came out, the whole welcoming team had been assembled outside the palace gate, stretching for several miles, and as soon as the time of departure arrived, the band in the welcoming team immediately played and played the music of welcoming relatives, and the procession like a long dragon slowly walked along the long street in the direction of the palace.
Zhou Zhong should be the first person in the history of Songjiang Mansion to be married by the emperor, so the news of his marriage has long spread throughout the city, and today almost all the people in the city have come to see the excitement, and even many shops are closed for this, after all, everyone is attracted to this side, they don't close the door and have no business to do, it is better to close the door and take the family to see the excitement.
It is precisely because of this that when Zhou Chongying's team walked on the road, both sides of the street were almost full of people, and even the walls and trees were full of people. Otherwise, the procession will have to be blocked on the road.
When they arrived at the gate of the palace. Zhou Zhong got off his horse and entered the palace hall. first met his father-in-law Wang Lun, and then was hugged by Li Zheng and them to Wang Jinxuan's boudoir, but immediately a group of unmarried girls surrounded him to ask for money, and waited until Zhou Zhong hurriedly sent these girls away, and finally welcomed Wang Jinxuan in a red wedding dress.
After Zhou Zhong personally sent Wang Jinxuan to Huaqiao, Wang Lun's guests also went to Zhou's mansion with the welcoming team, mainly because Zhou Chong's parents were gone, and it was definitely not possible to rely on only one Aunt Wang when worshipping heaven and earth. So Wang Lun and Zhou Zhong discussed, there will be no banquet on the palace side, just go to the Zhou mansion.
It is precisely because of this that when the team to welcome relatives went back, there were many more people again, Wang Lun's side is not like Zhou Chong, there are no relatives and friends, the Wang family itself is also a big family, plus Wang Lun's friends are extensive, so there are many more relatives and friends on his side than Zhou Chong, plus those dowries. It also nearly doubled the number of people who greeted the family.
Along the way, there was a loud noise of gongs and drums, coupled with the continuous sound of firecrackers. The whole welcoming team finally returned to Zhou's mansion, Zhou Chong rode a white horse all the way, and he kept a stiff smile on his face, and when he returned to Zhou Chong, he felt that his face was about to cramp.
But at this time he can't rest, because the next is the climax of the whole wedding, that is, to worship heaven and earth, with Xu Guan, who is the main marriage, shouted "auspicious time is coming", Xi Po carried Wang Jinxuan to the hall of Zhou's mansion, Zhou Zhong stepped forward to stand with Wang Jinxuan at this time.
Wang Lun and Aunt Wang sat in the hall on behalf of the elders of both sides, and then under the support of Xu Guan, Zhou Zhong and Wang Jinxuan worshiped heaven and earth and their parents respectively, and then bowed to each other.
Wang Lun and Aunt Wang in the hall saw the couple in wedding clothes, and they were happy with tears in their eyes. Among them, Wang Lun watched his youngest daughter get married, and his heart was both happy and sad, but when he thought of Zhou Chong's son-in-law, he was also very satisfied. As for Aunt Wang, not to mention, she has always treated Zhou Zhong as her own son, and now Zhou Chong has finally become a family, and she is also Wang Jinxuan, who she is very satisfied with, which makes her finally have a wish, and then all she has to do is find a good mother-in-law for Bang'er.
After the worship, Wang Jinxuan was sent to the cave room to rest, but Zhou Chongke was not so lucky, he had to stay to toast the guests, the scale of this wedding banquet was definitely the largest in the history of Songjiang, the guests alone sat more than 300 tables, in order to prepare for this wedding banquet, Sanniang almost invited the chefs in the major restaurants in Songjiang City, and the most expensive cost was more than 10,000 taels of silver, but these money were not Zhou Chong alone, and the Songjiang government also paid a part, otherwise he would really have a heartache.
If more than 300 tables were to be saluted by Zhou Zhong one by one, he would have to be drunk to death, so Zhou Chong only saluted some more important wine tables, such as officials like Xu Guan, as well as some wealthy businessmen who had business dealings with the Chamber of Commerce, and of course, he couldn't help but drink some of his close friends like Li Zheng and Zheng Jing.
However, even if it was just a toast at some important people, Zhou Chong still drank a lot after the worst, especially in Li Zheng and Zheng Jing, who were close friends, Zhou Chong was pulled by them and poured a lot of wine, but he only felt dizzy in his eyes when he drank, and everything he saw was a double vision, fortunately at this time Wang Lun felt sorry for his son-in-law, and asked a few maids to send Zhou Chong to the new house, which saved Zhou Chong from the embarrassment of getting drunk.
At this time, it was already dusk, the red candle tent in the new house was warm, Zhou Chong walked into the bedroom with heavy steps, the maids immediately turned around and left, and brought the door with her, Wang Jinxuan, who was sitting on the edge of the bed in a wedding dress, when she heard the moment the door was closed, her body trembled slightly, especially the heavy breathing sound of Zhou Chong when she was drunk, which made her even more flustered, sitting there with a handkerchief twisted in her hands, not knowing how to react?
Fortunately, Zhou Zhong was not drunk at this time, and he knew what he was going to do next, only to see him take the scale rod on the table in front of the bed, and then walked in front of Wang Jinxuan, and gently picked off the hijab on her head.
Thin eyebrows and crooked nose and jade mouth, the standard goose eggs are full of shy expressions, a pair of watery eyes lowered to look at their hands, they don't dare to look up and look at Zhou Chong, and at the same time, the two hands twist the handkerchief even more powerfully, and even the pink ears become red, which looks very cute.
Zhou Zhong once heard a sentence in his previous life, that is, when a woman wears a wedding dress, it is the most beautiful moment in her life. Although Zhou Zhong didn't know if Lu Dao's sentence was correct, he did feel that Wang Jinxuan, who was already very beautiful, did add a bit of seductiveness when she wore this bright red wedding dress.
"Jinxuan, you are so beautiful!" Looking at Wang Jinxuan, who was so beautiful and moving in front of him, Zhou Chong, who had drunk a few more glasses, couldn't help it, stretched out his right hand and gently lifted her chin when he spoke, his face was also full of intoxication, he was also married for the first time in two lives, and from today on, he is also a family man.
But Zhou Chong didn't expect it anyway, just when Wang Jinxuan raised her head and looked at him with a shy, she suddenly didn't know why she was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud, and this laugh couldn't stop, her hands covered her mouth, lowered her head and shrugged her shoulders, as if she saw something very funny, and the ambiguous atmosphere in the cave room was completely destroyed by Wang Jinxuan's smile.
"How...... What's wrong? Zhou Zhong was a little inexplicable, if he usually guessed something, but after drinking a lot of wine, his brain couldn't react at all.
I saw Wang Jinxuan laughing by herself for a while, and when she raised her head and saw Zhou Chong's inexplicable expression, she couldn't help laughing again. ”
Zhou Zhong took a look at the mirror very strangely, but when he saw the person in the mirror, he couldn't help laughing, it turned out that he was pulled by Bang'er and Bai Mengwan to put on makeup this morning, and his face was coated with a thick layer of powder, and now after such a long time, plus he sweated a little when he drank, so the powder on his face fell off piece by piece, especially the two cheeks were also smeared with two blushes by Bang'er, and now it looks even more funny, no wonder Wang Jinxuan will smile when she sees him.
Maybe it was Zhou Chong's funny appearance that made Wang Jinxuan relax a lot, I saw her open the door and let the maid outside bring hot water, and then personally brought it to Zhou Chong and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, wash your face quickly!" ”
"Huh? You still call me Brother Zhou Shi? Zhou Chong looked at Wang Jinxuan meaningfully, and said with a smile on his face, he was a stingy person, Wang Jinxuan made fun of himself just now, of course he wanted a little revenge.
"Ah, I ......" Wang Jinxuan naturally understood what Zhou Chong meant, now that they have worshipped, they are naturally husband and wife, of course she can no longer call Zhou Chong like before, but should be called "Xianggong", but now let her change her words, Wang Jinxuan felt very shy.
"Hehe, Jinxuan, if you don't scream, then I won't wash it!" Zhou Zhong leaned over to Wang Jinxuan with a dead face, and his hands were even more dishonest to wrap around her slender waist.
"Ah, don't ......" was suddenly hugged by Zhou Chong, which made Wang Jinxuan feel extremely shy, wanted to struggle but didn't dare, and finally shouted in a low voice: "...... Don't be a prince, you better wash your face first, we'll have to drink a glass of wine later! ”
Feeling the soft and delicate body of Wang Jinxuan in his arms, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but feel an impulse, but when he heard her words, he couldn't help but endure it, after all, the cave room is a major event in life, absolutely sloppy, and the steps that should be taken can't be hasty, he doesn't want to leave regrets in his life. (To be continued......)