Chapter 117: The Pleasures of the Boudoir
"Congratulations to Anyang Jun Congratulations to Anyang Jun, the lower official is Dong Qi, the 'Zhongzang Mansion Order' belonging to the Shaofu, and he has come to congratulate the king on his majesty's order." Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Fa These are all rewards from His Majesty to the king, please take a look. "There are more than 20 people sent by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, these people are either carrying boxes in pairs, or holding wooden boxes in both hands, only the first one came empty-handed, this person reported his official name, and did not tear his throat and read the reward as in later film and television works.
The Zhongzang Mansion is an institution under the Shaofu, which is in charge of gold and silver goods, and its government order is not of a high level of only 600 stones. Generally, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty rewarded the princes and important ministers with the things they needed to come from the Central Tibetan Mansion, and this reward for Huo Guang should be decent from the perspective of his identity.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen, there is Lord Laofuling." Huo Guang bowed his hand and said, and then a team of subordinates from the Anyang Junfu stepped forward to take over these things sent by the Zhongzang Mansion.
"Your Majesty, these are all gifts from Your Majesty, and there are twenty brocades." Dong Qi did not immediately let his subordinates give these gifts to the subordinates of Anyang Junfu at one time, Twenty first pointed to the first big wooden box and said, when he finished speaking, the two officials of Zhongzang Mansion carrying the wooden box handed the wooden box to the subordinates of Anyang Junfu.
Huo Guang nodded and looked at the wooden box, he understood that although these things rewarded by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not need to be put out in full, according to the habit at this time, this kind of handover procedure was normal.
"This is a pair of swords made in the workshop." Dong Qi continued, and then a wooden box was handed over to the people in the palace at the same time.
This workshop is also an institution under the Shaofu, and the level is the same as that of the Central Tibetan Mansion, and it is a workshop responsible for creating royal weapons and armor, and the quality of the sword weapons created by the workshop is naturally nothing to say.
"There is also a pair of bronze dendrobiums, and three pearls." Then there are two identical copper dendrobiums, dendrobs were originally measuring containers, a dendrob is a stone, but with the progress of social productivity, this kind of bronze ware is not limited to measurement, but also made into a beautiful style, similar to the later vases like decorations.
As for this pearl Sanhui, it is not really a pearl with as many as three Hu, but some pearls that are packed in a lacquer box, and the number of dozens is very remarkable.
These gifts sent by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are also decent, corresponding to Huo Guang's level, these rewards are almost the same, at least they are far from being lovely.
In the end, everyone, including Huo Guang, set their eyes on the last thing wrapped in red cloth. This is the last thing that Dong Qi has not yet reported to the calendar, and this thing is carried by four people, and the volume is the size of one person, because it is covered with a cloth, so I don't know what it is. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Hair"
"Your Majesty has given a statue of the Quartet to show the merits of Anyang Jun." As Dong Qi spoke, the wrapped red cloth was also lifted, revealing a square bronze tripod.
Ding is the country's heavy weapon, symbolizing the country and power, starting from the Zhou Dynasty, although the Ding is not nothing, but the knowledge is great. Generally, the reward of the casting tripod will be engraved with inscriptions, which are used to record meritorious achievements, but this thing is not just anyone can have, in principle, it is only the princes can cast, even if the emperor's reward is limited to the princes.
Huo Guang has his own fiefdom, and he can barely be regarded as a small prince, but after all, this is not on the table, and it cannot be compared with the prince and the liehous, and the following liehous seem to have been given tripods so far.
The inscription on the tripod is generally to record the merits of the person who gave it, and it is used to pass it on, and the inscription on the Quartet tripod given by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty must be a record of why Huo Guang was named Anyang Jun.
Seeing this quadrangular tripod, Huo Guang suddenly had a strange idea. That is, if this tripod can be passed down to future generations intact, two thousand years later, when people see this tripod again, they will find that Huo Guang was named Anyang Jun at the age of sixteen. And how will the history of that time differ from the history he knew, and how much will the trajectory of history change in his life?
In feudal society, the etiquette system is very rigorous, what kind of level with what kind of etiquette, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave Huo Guang the Quartet, which is equivalent to looking at him as a prince, which is not good or bad for Huo Guang. On the good side, it can be seen that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really appreciates Huo Guang, but the bad thing is that Mu Xiu Yulin, Huo Guang is still young after all, and it is not entirely a good thing to hold him too high now. This is also contrary to Huo Guang's original plan.
"Dong Fuling, hard work. Please take your seats! After Dong Qi handed over all the congratulatory gifts from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Guang said politely to Dong Qi. Although the official position of the Zhongzang Prefecture is far inferior to Huo Guang, as the envoy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he should be treated with high courtesy, and it is also necessary to invite these people to the table.
"Anyangjun is too polite, there is no need to sit at the table, I will go back to report to Your Majesty, and I will have the opportunity to disturb Anyangjun again in the future." Dong Qi politely refused, as the emperor's envoy, he was actually more cautious than anyone else, because in the eyes of outsiders, his words and deeds represented the will of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had no one for him to stay, even if Dong Qi wanted to stay.
"In that case, the monarch will not be forced to stay, and the lord of the government is welcome to come at any time if he has leisure!" Huo Guang didn't really want to keep these people, but he was just making a gesture, this is the attitude of officialdom, not necessarily out of his own ideas, but on the surface, he has to do enough face.
After Dong Qi and his entourage left, all the guests took new seats. This time the atmosphere was much warmer, Huo Guang hadn't gone to many places yet, and these guests also drank wine on their own, there were too many people Huo Guang couldn't cover everything, and many places just left at a glance, he still focused on taking care of Wei Qing and Xiu Chengjun and others.
The whole banquet lasted for a long time, from noon to evening, but Huo Guang did not drink a drop of wine this day, but most of the guests who came were drunk. At dusk, most of the guests said goodbye and left, and only Huo Qubing and Wei were left in Huo Guang's mansion.
Huo Quai's illness was because he was Huo Guang's brother, and the three Wei brothers stayed because they were all Huo Guang's cousins. Although there is still no cave house in this era, it is also necessary to have a few close relatives and friends.
Huo Guang and Li Yan's new house is the room where Li Yan will be the main room as his wife in the future. After seeing off the guests, Huo Guang and Li Yan entered the room alone in the commotion of Huo Quzhi and the three Wei brothers. This is also the so-called candle night in the cave room in later generations, but unfortunately there are no red candles in this era, and the two go back to the room together, and it is not the bride who is waiting for the groom with a hijab.
"Madam, I've worked hard for you today!" Huo Guang took Li Yan's hand and moved to the bed. The two sat opposite each other on the bed, looking into each other's eyes with a faint smile on their faces.
"My husband has also worked hard. The concubine comes to dress her husband widely! Li Yan smiled and shook her head, since she was already Huo Guang's wife, Li Yan was very active, and these things were taken for granted in this era.
"Or come by myself, the ancients said that respecting each other is like a guest, and husband and wife treat each other like guests, how can I let my wife blindly serve me?" Huo Guang smiled and shook his head. Huo Guang's statement is still a little inappropriate in this era, but respecting each other is indeed the most harmonious situation between husband and wife, if husband and wife can treat each other as guests. Why is the relationship between the two bad?
"Hehe, the wife serves her husband, this is a natural thing, why should the husband be polite?" Li Yan longed for the atmosphere of respecting each other like a guest, but the deep-rooted ideas of this era made her instinctively think that her wife was inferior to her husband.
"Then why don't we loosen each other's clothes?" Huo Guang suddenly stared at Li Yan and said.
"Husband, you...... You are so bad......" Li Yan was slightly stunned when she heard this, Huo Guang still looked righteous and righteous a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, his careful thoughts were exposed.
"Hehe, Madame is shy...... This is the joy of the boudoir, let's not live up to this great situation! Huo Guang said that his hand was already on Li Yan's waist, and he pulled the belt between his fingers and untied Li Yan's belt.
Although Li Yan was a little shy, she still stretched out her slender fingers to help Huo Guang untie the brocade robe, and soon the two of them were like glue, and they were happy on the bed......
Huo Guang was also given a few days off by the imperial court to marry his wife, and he didn't have to go to the county government on the second day, so he slept with Li Yan until late before getting up. When they got up, they learned that Huo Qubing and the three Wei brothers had already returned home.
"Madam, we haven't been idle these days. This afternoon, let's go to the Marquis Wuqiang's Mansion to return the salute, right? Huo Guang said as he put on a brocade robe under Li Yan's service.
This so-called return gift is similar to the return door of later generations, and now Huo Guang and Li Yan will thank these elders as husband and wife, and Wei Qing and Huo Quai's house must go. And people like Zhuang Qingzhai who have no kinship with Huo Guang actually don't need to go, but Zhuang Qingzhai's status as prime minister is too noble, and he personally congratulated him yesterday, so Huo Guang and Li Yan also need to return the gift in person.
"Why wasn't it from my uncle before?" Li Yan asked a little puzzled, it stands to reason that they should go to Weiqing Mansion first.
"You and I are already husband and wife, and there are some things that the husband doesn't have to hide from you, this going to the Marquis Wuqiang's mansion to return the gift is just to hide people's eyes, mainly because the husband wants to talk to the Marquis Wuqiang." Huo Guang went to Zhuang Qingzhai's mansion to return the gift, he actually always wanted to know Zhuang Qingzhai's attitude towards the order.
"Oh, husband, this is called Ming Xiu's plank road to secretly cross Chen Cang, right?" Li Yan said with a look of sudden realization.
"Hehe, that's a fitting description." Huo Guang encouraged Li Yan appreciatively.
In the afternoon of the same day, Huo Guang and Li Yan officially visited the Marquis Wuqiang's mansion. And Zhuang Qingzhai also greeted Huo Guang and his wife with a very high standard, Li Yan was accompanied by Zhuang Qingzhai's wife, daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law, and Huo Guang was personally accompanied by Zhuang Qingzhai.
made Huo Guang feel a little unexpected, Wang Huaigu was still in Zhuang Qingzhai's mansion, and the result was that the three of them talked, originally Huo Guang planned to take the opportunity to inquire about Zhuang Qingzhai's attitude towards the order when he only had himself and Zhuang Qingzhai, but now that Wang Huaigu is also there, Huo Guang is a little embarrassed, do you still want to ask?
Later, Huo Guang thought about it for a while, and still threw this matter out, judging from the relationship between Zhuang Qingzhai and Wang Huaigu, the two must be excellent, and he just probed the wind and would not say anything that would not be passed on to the six ears, and finally Huo Guang still asked in front of Wang Huaigu's interview: "Prime Minister Chaogang, I heard that His Majesty will issue a 'sue order' in the near future, and the officials have the courage to ask, but is there really such a thing?" ”