Chapter 227: Princess Chao
Chapter 227: Princess Chao
After not seeing each other for three months, the thin Mrs. Xintong Hou has plumped up a lot, and at a glance you can know that the idle clouds and wild crane-like life between the couple should be very happy and harmonious.
Mrs. Xintonghou also heard about King Rui, and as soon as she walked out of the crowd to a quiet place, she asked her about the situation.
I came to the backyard of Xiongfu once before, and Du Yiyi was also familiar with the road this time, and the two chatted while walking, and the atmosphere was pleasant, which made Du Yiyi feel closer to Xin Tonghou again.
"Mrs. Shen's matter is indeed a pity." The two have talked about Lu Xiangxue's slippery tires from their respective family affairs, and the ups and downs of the capital in the past three months are too many things to say.
"I was going to visit the Hou Mansion, but I have been worrying a lot in recent months, for fear of disturbing your purity." Because of her fame, it is difficult for Du Yiyi to find a confidant in this circle who is as difficult to talk to as Mrs. Xintonghou, and the Xintonghou couple are also excluded and ignored in the capital.
"Then why don't I go to the Rui Wangfu with my husband tomorrow to visit! I've been idle lately, and I'm trying to go out for a walk. Listen, the greeting procession seems to be coming! Mrs. Xintong Hou listened attentively.
Du Yiyi listened intently and indeed heard firecrackers being set off in the front yard.
"It's a guest, how did we go so far, hurry back, just to see the excitement!" Xin Tonghou glanced at the way he came and shook his head in annoyance, Du Yiyi was amused by her rare playful look, and also learned from her playful appearance and said, "We are not good guests." ”
Mrs. Hou smiled knowingly, and the two of them, hand in hand, began to walk back the same way.
The greeting team is very spectacular, and when Du Yiyi and the two returned to the courtyard, the courtyard was already full of people greeting relatives, and today's male protagonist had already entered the inner room and was accepting the test of his mother-in-law's house.
Mrs. Xintonghou was very interested in this rare liveliness, and took Du Yiyi's hand and walked into the courtyard, watching the mother-in-law teaching her son-in-law.
Du Yiyi subconsciously stood behind Mrs. Xintonghou, leaving only one head outside to look at Ning Chaoge, listening to the teachings of his mother-in-law.
Mrs. Xiong's teachings are mostly if some husbands and wives have been in harmony for a hundred years, and for this person who is very likely to become the future king of Dahe, even if Mrs. Xiong has a strong reputation, she does not dare to pose in front of him.
There was no commotion in the crowd, Ning Chaoge also calmly cooperated, and the people who waited to welcome the relatives distributed red envelopes, and Mrs. Xiong sprinkled red dates, peanuts, and lotus seeds in the yard and waited for something, and a few people standing at the door of the house got out of the way.
Ning Chaoge bowed respectfully to his mother-in-law, and as soon as he looked up, he caught a glimpse of half of the head behind Xin Tonghou, the smile on the corner of his mouth suddenly stiffened, and he walked up the steps into the inner room, and Mrs. Xin Tonghou pulled Du Yiyi to block the door of the house as fast as possible and watched.
On the bed, there was a big red futon embroidered with mandarin ducks, and Xiong Daishan, who was dressed in a wedding dress and a xia veil and a phoenix crown and hijab, Ning Chaoge turned around and smiled at the noisy crowd, and his eyes passed over Du Yiyi.
Du Yiyi subconsciously avoided behind Mrs. Xintonghou, and lowered her head to avoid this gaze.
Although the women in this courtyard are all dignified and gift-receiving women on weekdays, but in this rare happy event, they pay more attention to the atmosphere than their own identity.
Ning Chaoge smiled back and stepped forward.
Xi Po, who had been waiting on the side, began to shout festive and auspicious words, and the maidservants who had been standing on both sides stepped forward to help Xiong Daishan and guided her to wrap her hands around Ning Chaoge's neck.
"The groom carries the bride, and the children and grandchildren are full!" Xi Po shouted happily, Ning Chaoge had already picked up the six-foot-tall Xiong Daishan, thinking of the embarrassed appearance of the sick and weak Ning Zhiyuan when he was carrying his fat self, Du Yiyi looked at the seven-foot-tall Ning Chaoge and the six-foot-tall Xiong Daishan, and couldn't help but have a trace of interesting reverie in her heart.
It was when she smiled smugly that the sharp gaze fell on her again, and as soon as Ning Chaoge took a step, the people at the door of the house hurriedly avoided on both sides, and Du Yiyi hurriedly shrank on both sides.
Carrying Xiong Daishan, who inherited the height of his parents, Ning Chaoge easily stepped out of the threshold, and when he walked in front of Du Yiyi, who was hiding behind Mrs. Xintonghou, he smiled mockingly, lowered his head and accelerated out of the courtyard with the bride on his back.
Seeing that Ning Chaoge, who was carrying the bride on her back, had already walked away, Du Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief and shook her body, her current situation was ugly and embarrassing enough, she didn't want to be accused of seducing her brother-in-law again.
The royal people, sure enough, are all perverts, she has never had contact with Ning Chaoge, and she thinks that with her reputation, ordinary people can't have any good feelings about her, and the only thing that can explain Ning Chaoge's eyes is the holy decree at the beginning.
Mrs. Xintonghou was still unsatisfied, and pulled Du Yiyi out of the crowd and watched.
Behind the gate of gongs and drums, the people who watched the excitement were already surrounded, and in order to hold today's wedding, hundreds of people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were guarding outside the Xiong Mansion to prevent the people from approaching.
General Xiong stood at the entrance of the mansion and waited, looking at his son-in-law's daughter who walked quickly, the general who showed Xiong Wei in the Fuhu Mutiny looked doting and pleased, this is not only a marriage, but also the future of their Xiong family, this daughter is married, and the Xiong family will inevitably have descendants for generations.
"Sir!" Mrs. Xiong walked to General Xiong's side and wiped the tears from her eyes with relief.
Xi Po shouted all the way, although most of her voice was covered by gongs and drums, the people around her could still hear these festive and auspicious words clearly.
Ning Chaoge effortlessly carried the bride across the brazier and the threshold, and put her into the eight sedan chairs, and then he turned around and listened to his father-in-law's teachings.
After Xiong Huaiyuan taught him earnestly, he turned over and rode on a tall horse and led the welcoming team to Chao Wang's Mansion.
The sedan chair was lifted, and the Xi Po poured a basin of water on the stone steps that had been prepared, and then the firecrackers were noisy, and the wedding banquet began.
In the Chao Wang's Mansion, it is now full of people, and the courtyard has already laid out tables and seats, just waiting for the arrival of the welcoming team.
Chao Wangfu and Xiongfu are separated by only a few streets, there are five cities of soldiers and horses to clear the road sedan chair fast, but it is only two quarters of an hour, outside the door of Chao Wangfu The housekeeper who is looking forward to it has already seen the red flag at the corner of the front street to make people light firecrackers.
When the firecrackers sounded, the people gathered in the courtyard came out.
Ning Zhiyuan stood behind the emperor and queen, looking at the tall horse coming towards this end, he couldn't help but think of the road he had walked last year, if it wasn't for the fact that he had exchanged three years of health for Du Yiyi at that time, maybe he wouldn't be standing here today, marriage is a big event, there is always someone who has to play hooligan first, otherwise Du Yiyi will not be his wife today, but his sister-in-law.
It is also because of this that he has always been very wary of Ning Chaoge, he knows very well what kind of character Ning Chaoge is, he has been favored by the queen since he was a child, but he will never let go of anything he wants to get, and he has no tolerance for his brothers, how could Ning Chaoge be willing to do that.
It was when he was full of thoughts that the welcoming team had already walked to the front of the Chao Palace, Ning Chaoge turned over and dismounted and saluted the emperor and queen, and then walked through some of the processes of shooting the sedan car door and kicking the sedan car door, and carried the bride into the palace.
The bride and groom worshipped heaven and earth, the bride was taken down, the banquet in the front yard started on time, the queen went to the backyard after a circle in the courtyard, and the emperor and groom stayed in the front yard to entertain the guests.
Ning Zhiyuan can't drink, so no one bombs him, of course the groom can't escape being toasted in turn, most of the military generals are good drinkers, and after a few rounds, Ning Chaoge is belly and face is red after three pots of wine.
No one came to toast, Ning Zhiyuan chatted with Zhao Jingzhi happily, it was rare to see Xin Tonghou Zheng and them at the same table on weekdays, the three of them got together, and the rumors from national events to the streets and alleys became their talking points.
Shen Ke also came today, and now he was caught between some generals of the military, and he was also drinking cup after cup, Yan Liu, who was the new official, was arranged to sit with the bosses of the cabinet, and with these old men he respected, Yan Xinglu was much more restrained than usual.
One after another the delicacies cooked by the imperial kitchen of the palace were brought up from the backyard, from noon to midday, these maidservants who walked between the tables did not appear again, the wedding banquet had been eaten, some people began to say goodbye, Ning Chaoge, who had been surrounded by the toast, finally had a moment to rest and left the crowd to send these people to the door of the mansion.
The ministers left one after another, but the younger generation stayed, and according to custom, the wine had to be drunk until the evening.
The emperor and queen can't accompany these young people to drink all the time, and after explaining some things to Ning Chaoge, he returned to the palace, Ning Zhiyuan couldn't drink, and it was boring to stay, and he left after the emperor and queen left.
Xin Tonghou had a good conversation with him, and left the mansion with him, intending to be a guest at the Rui King's Mansion.
Du Yiyi and Mrs. Xintonghou have already returned to the Ruiwang Mansion, I have to say that the character choices of the two Xintonghou and his wife are tacit, when they saw the two people who walked side by side to return to the house, Du Yiyi and Mrs. Xintonghou teased the hearts between their husband and wife.
"Lord Rui and you are not the same as each other, I wanted to understand that I would visit my husband again, and the two of you have a tacit understanding."
Mrs. Xin Tonghou responded with a smile.
Du Yiyi smiled, thinking that if the two of us could have a tacit understanding like you husband and wife, how could we get to this point today.
"Master Hou, it seems that it is really the right invitation to invite Master Hou to come over today!" Ning Zhiyuan, who walked into the lobby, smiled and saluted Mrs. Hou with the letter.
"In the past, Madame always remembered Princess Rui with me, and I didn't expect that the two of them were one step ahead of us!" Xin Tonghou smiled and walked in front of his wife.
"Look at what you two are talking and laughing about, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Xintonghou asked.
The two big men glanced at each other tacitly, and shook their heads in a pretended manner.
Mrs. Xintonghou glanced at the two suspiciously, Du Yiyi was not in such a mood to guess the truth of the two of them, Ning Zhiyuan had no alcohol on his body, and it seemed that he did not drink alcohol in Chao Wangfu, which made Du Yiyi feel a lot more relieved. "It seems that not only do you have similar interests, but the two of them have the same smell, so you can move around more if you have time in the future."
"This is a must, husband, I see that you haven't had such a good time chatting with people for a long time!" Mrs. Xin Tonghou held Xin Tonghou's hand and stood up.
"The prince is funny and humorous, and it suits my appetite! Lord, today our husband and wife went to visit the Rui Wangfu, then tomorrow, I will invite the prince and his wife here to come to the mansion for a gathering, and please ask the prince and princess to be respectful! Xintonghou clasped his fists and said with a smile, he is only a second-class marquis, two levels lower than the status of Ning Zhiyuan's prince, and he still has to be cautious in front of him.
"If you have time tomorrow, you will definitely visit you! Certain! Let's stop sitting in the lobby, let's go, go to the backyard! Ning Zhiyuan also stepped forward happily and stretched out his hand, but because outsiders were present, Du Yiyi had no choice but to stretch out his hand and hand it to stand up.
The backyard is full of flowers, sitting around the gazebo, boiling tea in the red stove, sending incense in the breeze, and the four of them are talking about their own topics, which is rare to see and enjoy.
Although Xintonghou lives in a simple place, he is not closed to the news of the outside world, and his views on the situation in the court are also accurate, and the conversation with Ning Zhiyuan is not a little jerky, but the topics of Du Yiyi and Mrs. Xintonghou are mostly trivial things in life, and they are boring and boring to talk about, and they are all aimed at the two people who are talking about state affairs.
Xin Tonghou and his wife stayed in the Rui Wang's Mansion until the evening, and they had dinner together before leaving, and before leaving, they also told Ning Zhiyuan and the two to go to the Hou Mansion tomorrow to get together.
A day of hustle and bustle, finally calm, although due to the lack of deep friendship with Mrs. Xintonghou Du Yiyi did not confide in his heart, but to have such an understanding woman to accompany him, Du Yiyi can say that this day Du Yiyi can say that it is unprecedentedly comfortable.
She has been in this world for half a year, and when it comes to friends, there is no one who can make friends except for Yan Liu, a confidant with a complicated relationship, and no one can confide in the hearts of her children, whether it is in Shen Mansion or in Rui Wangfu, she is only confined to a small range and cannot find a person who sincerely intersects with herself, and her closeness to Mrs. Xintonghou is mostly derived from the depression of this half year.