Xue Dingshan looked at the familiar Yi Lanxuan, and a sour feeling rose inexplicably in his heart. Xu Qing looked at him and said, "It's still early, it's boring to sit down, why don't you let the younger brother send a few drinks and dishes, how about the younger brother accompany the elder brother to have a few drinks?" Xue Dingshan shook his head and said, "Brother Xian, let's go play with them first, I want to be alone and be quiet." Xu Qing heard Xue Dingshan say that he wanted to be quiet alone, so it was not good to say anything, so he had to go down first.

Xue Dingshan came alone and sat down on the embroidered couch under the window, looking at the red candle next to him, his heart was in turmoil. Unintentionally, when he lowered his head, he saw a chess table and chess pieces on the square table at one end of the embroidered couch, so he grabbed a handful of chess pieces, sprinkled them on the chess table, and slowly opened the chess pieces on the chess scale. When a chess piece was set aside, Xue Dingshan looked at it, and the chess pieces on the chess table actually formed a "condensation" character. Xue Dingshan was slightly stunned, and with a wave of his sleeves, he disrupted the chess pieces. I grabbed another chess piece, opened it with my hand, and when I looked at it again, it was still a "condensation" word. Xue Dingshan shuffled the two chess pieces and then set them apart, and then looked at it, it was still the word "condensation". Xue Dingshan looked at the words on the chessboard and sighed deeply.

Suddenly, I saw a few books neatly placed on the small table, but when I picked up one and read it, it was a "Old Collection of Yuefu", and I turned a few pages. Inadvertently dropped a plain note from the book, Xue Dingshan picked it up and looked at it, and wrote a poem of quasi-ancient five words in Juanxiu's fly-headed small letters:

"Liang Shang is amorous and angry, and I don't understand the crane injury.

Crying sweetly to each other, the sound breaks people's intestines.

Luo Pa was pitiful, and it was difficult to hold red tears.

Drop by drop, turn into begonias. ”

"Oops!" After reading it, Xue Dingshan's heart turned over a few times, and tears involuntarily welled up in his eyes. Secretly sighed: "Alas! Fan Lihua, Fan Lihua, since you are so affectionate, why do you always look at me coldly and show me with the pride of a fairy? Isn't this affection for me? ”

After handing over the second watch on the upper floor, Xu Qing came back. Xue Dingshan hurriedly put away the note, disrupting the chess pieces. Xu Qing saw that he was sitting alone in chess, so he came over to persuade him to rest. Xue Dingshan nodded and went to the inner room with Xu Qing to rest. In the inner room, Xue Jinlian had already prepared another pillow for them. The two of them lay down in their clothes and took a break. Xue Dingshan's mind was tossing and turning, and he didn't feel sleepy. was afraid of waking up Xu Qing and cross-examining himself, so he had to endure it reluctantly.

Xue Yulian persuaded Fan Lihua and fell asleep unconsciously.

However, Fan Lihua was lying on the pillow with her eyes closed, but she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. The heart is full of joy, worry, fright, and sorrow, one after another, like the tide of the Qiantang River in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which cannot be calm.

The next day, when the sky had just passed, Xue Yulian got up again. Gently aroused Fan Lihua, and saw that there seemed to be a few red threads in her eyes, so she knew that she had not slept all night, sighed softly, and said, "Aunt Ning, you are so worried that it is very unfavorable to your condition." Fan Lihua smiled slightly bitterly and said, "I naturally know that being too worried is not good for my condition. However, my sister doesn't know what is going on in my sister's heart. My sister said, how should my sister resolve her worries? Xue Yulian shook her head and said, "Even though I know your heart, I can't persuade people." ”

While talking, Dou Yuxian, Cao Xiuluan, and Liu Ruyan sisters came over early to help cook the things they sent to their relatives. Xue Yulian stopped talking and personally helped Fan Lihua to dress and change her clothes in front of the dresser.

Li Hong and Liu Mengming also got up early, and ordered the attendants around them to prepare to welcome and settle the people who came to marry.

After a while, the maids put breakfast on the table, and the five sisters just ate a few bites in a hurry, and then let them clean up again.

They are busy here, and the front house is even more busy.

As soon as the day was over, Princess Liu took Xue Dingshan and Xue Jingshan to the gods of heaven and earth who were happy to be married. kissed the four incense sticks and bowed on the prayer mat. Xue Dingshan and Xue Jingshan also burned incense and bowed four times. After the worship, he returned to the front hall and ordered people to watch the meal.

As soon as breakfast was eaten in the Shuaifu, there were young generals such as Ma Lin, Luo Xiao, and Qin Han who came to congratulate them. Xue Jingshan and Dou Yihu hurriedly responded inside and out, and ordered everyone to be sent to the living room for tea first.

Jiang Xu, Qin Ying and a few other little brothers couldn't wait to grab Xue Dingshan, and said with a smile: "Brother Xue, it's all this time, why don't you go to change clothes?" With that, he pulled Xue Dingshan back to the study. Xun Qing had already prepared his crown and robes in the morning, waiting for him to come back and change his clothes. Jiang Xu and Qin Ying helped Xue Dingshan re-tie his hair in a bun, put on a Chinese crown, and put on a red auspicious clothes.

Just after the hour, the person on duty at the door ran in to report, saying that there were ten imperial generals such as Zhou Qing, Wei Chi Baolin, Wei Chi Baoqing and other old generals came to say goodbye, Xue Jingshan and Dou Yihu hurriedly greeted the outside of the mansion and invited the old generals to the east living room for tea. This place has just been settled, and someone has come to report, Ma Sanbao, Duan Zhixian, Yin Kaishan, Liu Hongji and other old princes are here. The two of them hurried out to greet them, and let the old princes go to the west living room to wait for tea. He also ordered a banquet to be prepared for the guests.

It's already a busy hour. Suddenly, the person on duty at the door ran in in a panic and reported: "Second master, uncle." Xu and Cheng were two old Chitose old men who accompanied the chariot of the holy car and had already arrived outside the gate of the mansion. "Xue Jingshan, Dou Yihu didn't dare to slack off when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered someone to invite a number of old and young generals. Everyone heard that the emperor was coming, and hurriedly surrounded Xue Dingshan and came to greet Li Shimin outside the main gate of the Shuai Mansion.

Since yesterday, the Shuai Mansion has opened the middle door, sprinkled with clean water, and the loess mat road.

At this time, outside the gate was already full of Luan, Qiluo umbrella fan covering the sky and the sun, dazzling eyes of the golden gourd and axe, and the inner attendant holding the broom, and the golden warrior standing on both sides. The whip sounded three times, and Xu Maogong and Cheng Yanjin rode horses to accompany Li Shimin's chariot and slowly came to the door. Everyone hurriedly knelt down at the foot of the stairs and bowed three times and bowed nine times to the monarch and ministers. The deacon's chamberlain shook his broom and shouted, "Excuse me." Only then did everyone stand up and stand on both sides with their hands down, and the chariot entered the mansion gate and stopped outside the White Tiger Hall.

A small chamberlain hurriedly ran over and stretched out his hand beside the chariot. Li Shimin helped the little chamberlain to get out of the chariot and slowly walked into the main hall of the White Tiger, and sat down on the right seat. Everyone came in in shifts and saluted again. Li Shimin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Today is the wedding period of Xue Fan and Aiqing, which is different from the past, so you don't have to stick to the usual etiquette." Everyone Aiqing should be casual. As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked Xue Dingshan up and down.

I saw that he was wearing a crown of Xuanjin seven beams on his head, pinching gold edges, walking gold threads, embroidering Liuyun Fu pattern, and embedded with a piece of flawless jade. The red gold inlaid mutton fat white jade moire hairpin is not topped, and the red crown belt is sprinkled in the front heart. He wore a bright red wide-sleeved silk dress, which was also embroidered with gold and silver thread. There is a jasper belt around his waist, and on the jade belt hangs the seven things and the golden fish charm. On his feet was a pair of foundation black satin boots. The more he looks like Fu Fan, his eyes are like stars, and his lips are like Shi Zhu. The instrument is magnificent, like a jade tree in the wind, standing proudly. Standing in front of everyone, it was like a colorful phoenix falling in the crowd, which was even more handsome and eye-catching.

Li Shimin looked at Xue Dingshan, smiled with a smile on his face, and said: "Xue Aiqing is really good!" Being able to marry Marshal Fan as a wife is a blessing that Aiqing has cultivated for several lifetimes! Look at our Marshal Fan, you have to be talented, you have to have good looks, and your temperament and character are rare in the world. You must cherish it, if you miss the opportunity, there will be nowhere to look for it. ”