Li Siye barely noticed that the wedding date was gradually approaching, his time was spent in a busy manner, and the study in the inner courtyard where he lived on weekdays was also changed to a wedding room, which was decorated with splendid decorations by the subordinates.

From the gate of the town envoy's mansion to the inner hall, red felt was laid, poles were erected at intervals, and red lanterns were hung.

A greenhouse was temporarily erected between the east wing room and the stove room, and the woks, tripods and roasting pans were lined up. The skinned sheep hung on the shelves, and the butchers in the army cut off the meat piece by piece, threw it into the tripod to boil, and the white oil film tumbled and floated on the water.

Wu Niangzi ran around in the courtyard with her skirt in her hand, shouting loudly to command, today is the most powerful time in her life, not only the servants in the house, but also the account room in the house, the personal soldiers under the command of Li Zhen, and the fireheads in the army sent by Pei Dudu are all under her unified command.

"Mrs. Wu, where do you put the freshly baked cake?"

"Go to the west side house, there is a dustpan there, and the house is cool and ventilated, so you can bring it in first."

Two ox carts rushed outside the door of the mansion, and the carts were full of wine jars, and the team in charge of escorting the carts jumped out of the carriage and ran into the courtyard and asked the housekeeper's wife: "Mrs. Wu, we brought two carts of wine from the wine factory, and please open the door of the wine cellar and let the brothers move in."

Mrs. Wu personally led the way, went down the stairs of the wing, untied the key from her waist and opened the door, and the sergeants carried the wine jar into the room.

The owner of the winery came to hand over to Mrs. Wu in person, pointed to the jar and counted the number before leaving.

The escorted soldiers guarded the door and refused to leave, and some cheeky stepped forward to ask: "Wu Niangzi, what do you say about the Sanle pulp from this Shule Wine Workshop, usually drink it properly, but you have to prevent him from mixing water, let's not taste it and don't let him be deceived."

Wu Niangzi sapped him with a roll of his eyes: "If you want to drink, you want to drink, and taste it, come on, a few of you go inside and hold a jar, don't let others see it, this wine is for tomorrow's wedding banquet to drink!"

"Hehe, we know!"

These idle soldiers gathered around a jar of wine and happily ran to the corner to taste it.

Mrs. Wu exhaled excitedly and locked the door of the wine cellar, although the key was not the house, it had proved the trust and power of the master's family, which was the satisfaction and sense of belonging that she had come from.

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Li Siye was forced to stay at home, and he had to receive colleagues and superiors from within the Anxi military system. Fu Meng Zhongcheng couldn't rush over from Qiuzi, so he sent his son Fu Meng Zhiyu to come to congratulate him and send a congratulatory gift. Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli sent their own butlers, Ma Phosphorus, the envoy of Yanqi Town, Li Qiyun of the Tianshan Cavalry Army also sent cronies, and the military leaders of all cities and battalions. After they came to the house to pay a visit, they stayed in the hall in Shule City, and waited for the official wedding banquet tomorrow.

On the night before the wedding, the town guard made the house brightly lit, and many people were busy until late at night. The bride Twelve Niang was still not at ease, so she called Wu Niangzi to her room, combed the green silk in the mirror, and asked her about the preparations for the wedding. For example, how many venues are divided into banquets, and how many cases are there. Figures with heads and faces have entered the inner courtyard, where dozens of long cases have been placed. The outside compound is full of neighborhoods, the helpers in the Tang army, and the rest of the cases are placed outside, if it is not enough to spread some sheep felt futons, most of the people are sitting on the ground or squatting in the corner of the wall holding a big bowl to draw.

The wedding ceremony Cheng Twelve Niang has been silently recited dozens of times in her heart, and most of the previous six ceremonies have been omitted, but tomorrow's wedding can no longer be miserable. It's just that she has been living in the town guard's mansion, and she has to move outside tonight, including a few embroidery girls and maids.

Pei Dudu of the Shule Governor's Mansion took the initiative to place a mansion, pretending to be the maiden family of the Twelve Niangs, and the house was also decorated with lights.

She walked out of the backyard and got into the carriage with the support of several maidservants, lifted the curtain and glanced at the house before leaving, and said silently in her heart, After tonight, I am the real mistress here.

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Tang people marry in the evening when the auspicious time is usually fixed, so during the day of this day, the twelve mothers are spent in torment, not even a few bites of the food that is served, sitting cross-legged in front of the makeup, allowing a few ladies to comb the bun on the top of her head, the next process is to apply lead powder, rubbish, appliqué, dot the lips, etc., until it covers her original natural beauty.

Li Siye rode the black fat with a float and a welcoming team to the bride's door, but the door was tightly closed. This is another custom, which requires the bridegroom to recite hymns aloud. Talented poets can recite poems on the spot, and there are also those who ask someone to compile poems and memorize them in advance, and Li Siye belongs to the latter type.

Living in this era, if you don't have a little poetry background, there are really many inconveniences.

Tian Zhen, the escort officer of the battle front team, served as the greeting envoy, standing outside the courtyard and reading aloud the greeting book in the three books and six rituals.

After a symbolic obstruction, the door of the house was opened, and the bride with her hijab came to the door and sat in the float with the support of the lady who sent her relatives.

Twelve Niang sat down peacefully, and the next to her whispered: "Bride, you have to cry when you get on the sedan chair."

"Today is my big day, why should I cry"

"If you cry today, you will be able to laugh every day in the days to come."

Maybe that's the truth, but she doesn't have such acting skills, so she can only think about the hard days in the past, practicing swordsmanship under the stick of Aunt Gongsun, or in the past, as a poor concubine, her mother was kicked out of the mansion by the main house because she had no children, and her father was not luke, but fortunately, the family had some dealings with the Gongsun family in the past, so she went over to be an apprentice, and it was more like a daughter to her.

She condensed a little sadness, but unfortunately she had already arrived at the town guard embassy. The groom, Li Siye, turned over and dismounted, holding a bow in his hand, and the arrow was a mud ball, and shot three arrows at the float before the bride was welcomed down from the float.

The two of them each held red silk, the groom wore a red auspicious dress, and the bride wore a hairpin and a green Zhai dress, which was the red man and green woman.

Before entering the door, you need to step over the brazier, cross the saddle, step over the rice bag, step on the red carpet and go to the inner courtyard, where two children throw whole grains behind them. Guests watched and celebrated.

Li Siye didn't understand any of these etiquettes, and he always needed someone to guide him, but fortunately, the Han culture in the Western Regions was not rigorous, and if he was in the Central Plains, there would definitely be many jokes.

When the newcomer entered the hall, Li Siye took off the hijab on the head of the twelve mothers, but she held the fan with both hands to cover her face. What should I do if I block my face, someone next to me has already sent silk cloth and pen and ink, and I have to write a poem to fan it.

This naturally does not have to worry, there are many people who are proficient in writing and ink in Shule Mansion, and they have copied a few poems for Li Siye last night, and he memorized one of them by rote, and the content is probably to praise the virtuous and virtuous lady, and remember the use of traditional Chinese characters, otherwise he will be mistaken for illiteracy.

Twelve Niang recited poems, except for the group fan, the husband and wife worshiped heaven and earth, the high hall at home, but the high hall was not there, but the portrait of Lao Tzu, the ancestor of the Li family, was hung on the wall, and both of them could worship.

After the husband and wife bowed to each other, Mrs. Wu brought a tray with scissors in it, and the two of them each cut their hair and knotted it together and put it in a sachet.

The two sat in front of the desk and drank a glass of wine from the bronze jue full of wine, which is called the gift of the couple. After drinking and handing over glasses, they came out of the hall with their glasses and thanked the guests who had come to the wedding banquet today.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the inner courtyard was hidden under the red lights, and the guests stood up from their seats with their wine glasses and drank with Li Siye. The deputy envoy of the Shule army finally caught up with the last link, and he rushed to the courtyard in the dust, his steps were a little heavy.

Zhao Chongxuan took a wine cup from a certain wine table, stood at the foot of the steps and held it with both hands, pressed the anger hidden in his eyes, squeezed out a smile and said to Li Siye: "I came back late, just in time for the wedding banquet of the town envoy, and I specially came to ask for three glasses of wine to drink."

After that, he raised his head and choked a glass of wine into his throat, and saw that Twelve Niang was a little worried: "Hey, drink it slowly."

He raised his sleeve to wipe the wine from his beard, crossed his hands and said, "Thank you to Li Zhenenvoy and his wife, it's just that there are still some things in my family, I can't bother here, please forgive me."

Li Siye saw that he was not in the right state, and hurriedly said, "It's okay, you go and get busy first."

Zhao Chongxuan crossed his hands again and turned around and left in great strides.

Li Siye beckoned to Yan Xiaosi, who was sitting on the desk, called him to his side and whispered: "You take a few people and secretly follow General Zhao Chongxuan, you only need to take care of his safety, and don't worry about anything else."

Yan Xiaosi responded in a low voice, and also left with his head down, and called a few pro-soldiers who had gathered to drink in the outer courtyard, and each of them carried a saber and slipped out of the door.

After Li Siye thanked the guests, he and Li Twelve Niang entered the cave room, and only the red candle flame the size of a bean was lit in the room. She sat down in front of the bride and removed the hairpin from her head and pulled her long hair down.

Li Mei'er entered the door with a copper basin, which was filled with hot water, and asked her brother and sister-in-law to scrub her face and hands. She was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Twelve Niang: "Mei'er."

She opened the makeup drawer, took out a bag from it, and stuffed it into Mei'er's hand, and the two looked at each other and smiled, as if there was some little secret.

After Li Mei'er left, Twelve Niang stood up to help her husband undress, only a white middle single remained, and by the light of the lamp, you could see that behind the translucent middle single, there were accumulated scars.

She reached out to lift Li Siye's middle single, and reached out to touch the scars on the surface of his strong back, many of which were hideous and awkward. She closed her eyelashes in pity and touched her face, feeling the hot blood flowing beneath the scar.

Li Siye turned his head and asked with a mutter: "What's amiable about the scar, aren't you panicking?"

"I hate it, you're so uninteresting."

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