Chapter 013: Mandarin Ducks
Xu Anjiao came to the boudoir mysteriously with her daughter, and saw that the three sisters looked twisted, and they had expected that it was related to the marriage, and they had made psychological preparations in their hearts. Therefore, after listening to the words of the three people, they were not too surprised.
"Silly child~ Marriage is a lifelong thing, and the intentional person actually hides it from his parents, is this like a word?!" Xu Anjiao's expression was solemn, which made the three sisters even more uneasy.
"Go~! Call your aunt first~"
"Mother~ How can you be like this! We believe in you to ........," Ye Zhiqiu protested.
Xu Anjiao wanted to scare the three sisters at first, but she dared to discuss the marriage matter privately from her parents. Fortunately, Ye Zhiqiu's idea was to find her, if it was another bad idea, it would be okay. Seeing that the little faces of the three of them were red and white with fright, they couldn't bear it.
"If you don't call your aunt here, how can my aunt set her a relationship?"
"Auntie, are you serious?!"
"Mother, you're so bad! Just deliberately scared us! Ye Zhiqiu exhaled, she was frightened just now. If it was her own business, it would be fine, but if her idea affected her cousin, she would die of guilt.
"Sister Zhiqiu still has an idea~"
"She's just bold, ghost!" Xu Anjiao tapped Ye Zhiqiu's little head, "Why don't you call your aunt over yet~"
Unlike the last time she left with difficulty, this time she went happily.
After Mrs. Xu arrived, she asked for an hour in detail. Xu Jiezhi had to explain clearly how the two of them secretly fell in love. made Xu Jiezhi blush.
Ye Zhiqiu listened carefully on the side, watching his eldest cousin cry bitterly just now, and now he is happily narrating the story of himself and his lover. I'm curious: what is the world? It's so magical.
She also realized that the elders who are usually serious and serious are not much different from them. may be the same as them, who have experienced such a way of talking to their sisters in the boudoir and interjecting in the harass. Looking at the two cousins, Ye Zhiqiu sighed with emotion: in the future, they each married and had children, and they became housewives, and they were tempered and consumed by the trivial matters of the house, so they no longer have the pure freedom they have today.
Xu Ziru was a little surprised when he heard it at first, but he didn't find it difficult to accept. just sighed: on one side is his own daughter; On one side is his proud protégé. Let him have both the feeling of marrying a daughter and the illusion of marrying a daughter-in-law for his son. After all, one day is a teacher, and one life is a father.
Things went far more smoothly than the three sisters imagined. At the same time, it also made Ye Zhiqiu even more moved. There are so many parents in this world who beat mandarin ducks because they are not in the right household, which shows how lucky they are. You can meet parents who put aside their views and only value the happiness of their children.
The two families combined the eight characters of the birthday and counted the auspicious day of the zodiac. The marriage is officially scheduled for the sixth day of the first month of the following year. It means that the newlywed is as prosperous as the New Year, and it is smooth sailing.
"With only four months to prepare, wouldn't it be too hasty?" Mrs. Xu was a little reluctant, thinking that she had two daughters under her knees, and now one is about to get married, and the other will finally be out of the cabinet in two years. I feel a little empty in my heart.
"It's a little fast, but the next auspicious day for the two of them is a year away. The eldest lady is nineteen years old after the New Year, this day is just right! "The matchmaker was found by the Xu family for the Li family. not only took care of the matchmaker's words, but also took care of the scene.
"Sister-in-law, it's good to get married as soon as possible. Save the delay of variables. Since Xu Anjiao entered the palace to participate in the emperor's birthday banquet, her expression has always been a little dignified. At this time, it was even more sudden that everyone wondered.
"What kind of variable is my sister talking about?"
"Mrs. Wang wants to go to the Li family to have a look?"
"Ah..... Yeah! Wife, I'm going to go. ”
Seeing that Xu Anjiao had left Mrs. Wang, everyone was even more curious about what important things to say, and retreated from outsiders.
"The emperor will be sixteen years old now, seventeen next year, and eighteen years old. If the emperor chooses a concubine at this time next year, Jie Zhi's marriage may be .........."
"My sister is right. If you catch up with the emperor to choose a concubine, it is true that the marriage will be delayed. Mrs. Xu nodded in agreement.
Xu Anjiao shook her head, "My brother has no intention of pursuing a career, and if the master writes a letter, my brother has to go to the temple to serve as a master." If this is a holy decree from the next day, the elder brother will be appointed as an official..... The emperor chose a concubine ........"
"The eldest daughter of an official from the fifth rank or above in the country, aged 15 to 20. As long as the body is safe and healthy, those who have no special circumstances will participate in the selection of concubines. Xu Ziru added. This is actually the reason why he agreed to this marriage so quickly. He was reluctant to take the official career to participate in court politics, and he was even more unwilling to send his daughter to the palace. But one day, a holy decree came down, and he had to obey it.
"What about Zhiqiu? She has such a lively and cheerful temperament, she has entered the palace......." Xu Haozhi exclaimed, looking at Ye Zhiqiu worriedly, as if thinking of how terrible the palace was.
"Alas.... Back then, I thought I could live in a small border town for the rest of my life, and it didn't hurt to be harder. But the emperor didn't dare to disobey it, and now he had to take one step at a time. ”
"My brother-in-law is also involuntarily, he is in Jiangmen, and he is a classmate and friend with Taifu." Mrs. Xu comforted.
"Hmph, what do you say, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey. Now that the emperor is not in power, it is not the will of Mrs. Lin and the Queen Mother. The Southern Zhou Dynasty ..... in the morning and evening"
"Master be cautious!" Mrs. Ye drank Ye Anwei's words.
Everyone looked solemn, and Xu Ziru explained again and again, and this matter must not be leaked outside.
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Life just passed so plainly. The Xu Mansion was busy preparing a dowry for the marriage daughter, and Ye Zhiqiu was often tired of it in the Xu Mansion. In the blink of an eye, it has reached the end of the year.
Imperial Palace, Taiji Palace.
"Your Majesty, my men have been staring at me for months. Get a report today...... It's almost over. ”
"Oh? So fast, I thought it would take a little more time. Zhao Sizhuo's expression was indifferent, and his tone could not hear joy and anger.
"Your Majesty is exalting them too much. The dog man and woman couldn't hold it back for a long time, and they did something reluctant. Recently, the poisonous woman has a new trick, ready to frame the righteous master, and wants the dove to occupy the magpie's nest and replace it. It's really a lack of people's hearts. ”
"If someone is looking for death, then fulfill her."
"Don't worry about the reputation of the Lin Mansion?"
"General Lin is romantic, who in Beijing doesn't know?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. There is no other order for the minions to retire first~"
"Protect her."
"Yes, I'll tell Shadow Seven to be careful."
The leader of the shadow guard quietly retreated, Zhao Sizhuo got up and paced to the window, looking at the gloomy sky outside the window, remembering that a few months ago, it was still a sunny golden autumn season.
"It's been 100 days, and she's doing well."
All along, the shadow guard has been secretly paying attention to regularly reporting her whereabouts. At first he was glad to hear that she was doing as usual, happy and happy; But slowly, his mentality changed, and even he didn't know why.
It may be the realization that her life is not affected in the slightest without him.
To her, he was dispensable.