Coming out of the palace, the sky was already drizzling, although the rain was not strong, but it still made the capital jubilant, and after months of rain, this rain was precious, it was like the water of life, giving new life to the dying trees and land.

Yang Yuanqing returned to his new home in a drizzle, Yang Yuanqing's new house is located in Chongye Fang, is a mansion covering an area of 20 acres, after the completion of the new capital, it has been vacant, yesterday Yang Guangcai rewarded him to Yang Yuanqing, officially became his home.

Yesterday evening, Yang Yuanqing moved in with nine iron guards, slept for a night, and he entered the palace early in the morning to face the saint, what was it like in this house, he didn't have time to see.

Yang Yuanqing rode to the front of the mansion, but saw dozens of ox carts and carriages parked at his door, full of various household items, and more than 100 people were carrying various items into the mansion under the rain, so that he and several iron guards couldn't help but be a little stunned, who sent this?

"Childe!"

Yang Dalang, who stayed in the house, greeted him and said with a smile: "This is sent by Princess Leping, it is already the second trip, the first trip is furniture, everything is the best things, and there are many valuables among them, which is really jaw-dropping." ”

He stepped forward and whispered to Yang Yuanqing: "There is a jasper screen, one zhang long, seven feet high, I quietly asked someone to go to the jade shop to inquire, the jade shop shopkeeper said that this kind of screen is not available on the market at all, it is a palace thing, even if you spend 100,000 yuan to buy it." ”

Yang Yuanqing was moved in his heart, Yang Lihua treated him so attentively and regarded him as a relative, although she was a princess, these items were not to her, but this kind of meticulous and thoughtful care could not be exchanged for any items.

At this time, a chubby eunuch stepped forward and said with a smile: "General Yang, the princess asked me to bring you a message, so that you can go to her mansion today, she said that there is something important to discuss with you." ”

"Good! I'll go now. ”

He turned around and instructed Yang Dalang, "Dalang, I'll go to the princess's mansion, and I'll leave it to you here." ”

"Peng Jun, don't worry!"

Yang Yuanqing turned his horse's head and galloped towards the princess's mansion with two iron guards,.....

The Xiuwen Workshop where Yang Lihua's mansion is located is very close to Yang Yuanqing's new home, and in a moment, Yang Yuanqing rushed to the princess's mansion.

A eunuch led him to the Cuinong Pavilion where Yang Lihua usually lives, Yang Lihua has gotten up early, is standing on the jade platform to feed the birds, she is wearing a soft snow-white silk dress, her hair is lightly draped over her shoulders and the green silk flutters in the wind and rain, although she is over forty years old, but her noble temperament and careful maintenance make her appearance still maintain youth, skin like jade, smooth and delicate, she stretched out a snow-white slender arm, slender palms unfolded, several yellow warblers in her palms competing to peck the grain.

At this time, several yellow warblers were suddenly frightened and flew away in a daze, Yang Lihua did not look back and asked with a faint smile: "Is Yuanqing here?" ”

Yang Yuanqing's laughter appeared in the room, "Why are they afraid of me and not the princess?" ”

Yang Lihua put the grains into a small plate on the terrace, patted her palms lightly and said with a smile: "If you feed them every day like this, and persist for ten years, they will not be afraid." ”

"I probably won't be able to last even three days."

Yang Lihua gently tied up her hair and smiled softly: "You went to see the saint today?" ”

"Go, the Holy Lord gave me another task, to go to the Western Regions."

Yang Lihua's eyebrows frowned, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in her eyes, "Didn't I tell him to let him give you two months off?" Why do you want to go to the Western Regions again! ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly, "The Holy Lord originally planned to let General Xue Shixiong go, but General Xue Shixiong was sent to Jinyang Palace Cangcheng to investigate, so he had to let me go." ”

"It's his excuse! He originally planned to let you go, and he told me last time in Yulin County that he would let you go to the Western Regions after the Fenyang Palace was repaired, and I asked him to give you a two-month vacation, and he agreed. ”

Yang Lihua sighed helplessly, she also knew that if it weren't for the urgency of the matter, the saint would not break her word, so she had to ask again: "Then when will you leave?" ”

"Ten days later!"

'Ten days! , Yang Lihua quickly calculated in her heart, and nodded, "It's okay, it's too late." ”

"What's in time?" Yang Yuanqing asked.

"Why are you so confused now!"

Yang Lihua said angrily: "Of course it's a matter of marriage, otherwise what will I do with those things I send you?" If you don't get married, it's enough to give you a tent. ”

Yang Yuanqing scratched the back of his head, and hurriedly said apologetically: "Actually, I still remembered this matter yesterday, but today the Holy Lord and I have been talking about the Western Regions, and my thoughts are still immersed in the Western Regions, so I forgot about this matter for a while." ”

Yang Lihua's voice softened again, "Yuanqing, marriage is a great humanity, it is actually more important than anything about you, marry a wife, have children, and reproduce, your life can continue, you must not take it seriously." ”

"I know, last time Minqiu's mother asked me about the arrangements for the marriage, and I said that I would wait for Her Royal Highness the princess to come back, and she was the man's main marriage."

Yang Lihua shook her head and smiled: "Since you treat me as an elder, don't call me Her Royal Highness the Princess, you can call me Auntie!" Like Zhao'er, doesn't he regard you as a brother? ”

"Yes! Auntie. ”

Yang Lihua took out a gold box, which was full of Yang Yuanqing's engagement things, and said with a slight smile: "Among the six marriage ceremonies, Na Cai, Wen Ming, Naji and Na Zheng ended when they got engaged, in fact, there are only two ceremonies left, an invitation, and the last personal welcome, by the way, there is still a dowry for Na Zheng, I will send someone to send it tomorrow." ”

She took out a yellow calendar from the gold box and flipped through it, and said happily: "It's good that it's not the month of La, nor the year of the Liang, and there are two auspicious days in the next few days, the third day of the fifth month of May and the fifth day of the fifth month of May, I want to go to Pei's house to discuss it, set the date, you and I go together!" ”

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, "Now?" ”

Yang Lihua stood up, "Yes!" It's the right one."

A quarter of an hour later, more than 100 guards escorted Yang Lihua's carriage to Pei's mansion, Yang Yuanqing rode a horse and followed Yang Lihua's carriage, Yang Lihua opened the window, and saw that the rain that had just stopped outside was falling again, and the rain was quite heavy, and he couldn't help but say with concern: "Yuanqing, why don't you also sit in the carriage!" ”

Yang Yuanqing looked at the guards behind him, shook his head and smiled: "It's okay, this little rain is nothing." ”

"You kid!"

Yang Lihua sighed, in fact, she knew in her heart that Yang Yuanqing was afraid of others gossiping, Yang Yuanqing was almost twenty years old, and she was single, and more importantly, the two were not related by blood, and being alone in a room was indeed easy to be criticized, which was Yang Yuanqing taking care of his reputation.

Yang Lihua was moved in her heart, and she said softly: "Okay then!" You're right outside the window, and I'll give you a few words. ”

"Auntie, please speak, I'll listen!"

"Yuanqing, there is one thing I want to tell you, although it doesn't represent my attitude, but I want you to know, it is about your relationship with the Yang family."

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, since his marriage has arrived, the problems of the Yang family will be unavoidable.

Yang Lihua continued to whisper: "The Holy Lord is very sensitive to the relationship between you and the Yang family, he never wants you to return to the Yang family, a few days ago the Holy Lord asked about your marriage, he asked me when the wedding date was, I said soon, it will be within May, so the day before yesterday, the Holy Lord sent your father to Jiangdu, do you understand?" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I understand!" ”

"It's good that you understand, so can the rest of the Yang family come to this wedding? It's up to you to decide! I'm going to arrange an invitation tomorrow. ”

Yang Yuanqing originally had the intention of inviting the third uncle Yang Xuan to be awarded, but after pondering for a moment, he sighed and said, "Since my father can't come, then the rest of the Yang family doesn't need to be invited, even if you make a statement to the saint!" ”

"That's my opinion, too."

Yang Lihua nodded, "Since this is the case, then the Yang family's invitation will be canceled." ”

At this time, Yang Yuanqing remembered his aunt and uncle again, they should have come, but unfortunately it was too late.

Princess Leping is coming, the Pei family has received the news in advance, there are more than a dozen umbrellas on the steps, Pei Ju's wife, Mrs. Cui, and more than a dozen main members of the Pei family have been waiting for a long time.

"Old lady, Her Royal Highness the princess has come down!" The housekeeper of Pei Mansion rushed from the rain and reported loudly.

I saw more than 100 guards guarding a carriage in the distance, speeding towards Pei's mansion, and after a while, the carriage stopped in front of the steps, Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and opened the door, and the two maids opened the umbrella and helped Yang Lihua slowly get off the carriage.

Old Madam Cui hurriedly greeted her and gave a deep salute, "Welcome to Her Royal Highness the Princess to Pei's Mansion!" ”

Mrs. Cui is two years younger than her husband Pei Ju, she is exactly sixty years old this year, and she has been ordered from the third grade, although Princess Leping has a noble status, but she has come to Pei's Mansion many times, so everyone is more familiar, and the greeting etiquette is slightly simpler.

Yang Lihua hurriedly smiled: "With such a heavy rain, the old lady doesn't have to come out, in case of cold, it's terrible." ”

"The princess is here, how can the old woman be rude, this rain has not fallen for several months, and today she is happy."

Seeing that most of the guards were drenched like chickens in soup, Mrs. Cui hurriedly ordered the housekeeper to lead the guards into the house through the side door, entertain wine and food, wash her face and drink hot soup.

At this time, Yang Lihua saw that Yang Yuanqing was also covered with rain and looked embarrassed, so she couldn't help laughing, pointed at Yang Yuanqing and smiled: "Do you recognize who this is?" ”

"It turned out to be a prospective uncle!" A woman from the Pei family had sharp eyes and recognized Yang Yuanqing at a glance.

Everyone laughed together, "Why are you so embarrassed? ”

Wang felt sorry for his son-in-law, and hurriedly ordered someone to bring Yang Yuanqing in to change his clothes, and Mrs. Cui smiled and invited Yang Lihua to the back house to pay a ceremony.

Yang Yuanqing drank a bowl of hot soup in the small guest room, wiped the rain on his face and neck with a dry cloth, and changed into a new robe, and then walked towards the guest hall.

As soon as he went out, a maid stepped forward and said, "A few ladies want to talk to their uncle, can they invite their uncle and his party?" ”

"Okay, please lead the way!"

The maid led Yang Yuanqing to the inner hall, and walked into a guest hall, only to see five or six ladies sitting inside, these people were Pei Minqiu's aunts and aunts, but the mother Mrs. Wang was not there, and there was a young woman sitting on the very edge, but it was her cousin Pei You.

Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Wang discussed the specific marriage date with Yang Lihua in the back house, and these ladies discussed it, so they invited Yang Yuanqing to come, according to custom, they had a lot of questions to ask the prospective aunt.

"See a few elder ladies!" Yang Yuanqing walked up to the group and gave a salute.

Sitting at the head is Pei Ju's eldest daughter Pei Hanyu, more than forty years old, she married the Lu family more than 20 years ago, her husband died two years ago and was widowed, and she temporarily lived in her mother's house in the past few months.

"Quasi-aunt, please take a seat!"

She invited Yang Yuanqing to sit down, and ordered the maid to serve tea, and then smiled slightly: "According to the custom, when you greet in person, you must ask, and the woman's elders ask the son-in-law, but Pei's house is too big, and I don't know when the ceremony will be completed, so today we will simply ask, and then we will only ask about the door ceremony and the boudoir ceremony, and the other gifts will not be embarrassing to the uncle, can you?" ”

Yang Yuanqing hurriedly bowed, "Of course you can!" ”

"Then I'll ask first!"

Pei Hanyu said with a smile: "Although the content of the greeting is a bit rude, but this is an old custom, if the prospective uncle can answer, he will answer, if he really doesn't want to answer, we are not reluctant." ”

"No questions, I'll try to answer them."

"Let me ask first, what is the position of the quasi-uncle? How much do you have property? ”

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