In the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang silently glanced at Zhu Di who was honestly standing not far away, Zhu Quan and the others were also very troubled in their hearts, not only for the sake of Zhu Quan and the two of them, but also because he vaguely felt that what Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru said was not without some truth.

"Before the two of you become vassals, there is still one major matter that must be decided." Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly sat down behind the desk, looked at Zhu Quan and the two of them, and said in a deep voice with their eyes flashing, "You two are not small, just before the domain, I will choose a virtuous and virtuous daughter for each of you to complete the marriage." ”

When Zhu Quan heard this, he recalled Xu Ying's coquettish appearance, and couldn't help but be happy.

Zhu Di was quite calm, bowed down and said, "The marriage of the sons and ministers is a major event, so naturally I respect my father and the emperor to make a decision." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Quan's happy face, and couldn't help but snort lightly in his nose, and said in a deep voice, "Isn't there a daughter named Xu Ying in Xu Da's family?" Di'er, let your father decide to marry her to you as a princess. ”

Zhu Quan was like pouring a bucket of cold water on his head, and his mind couldn't help but go blank.

Zhu Di's heart was also shocked when he heard this, but he smiled bitterly in his heart, but there was no trace of joy, although he also liked Xu Ying, he knew that she and Zhu Quan were in love, and his father's arrangement was serious......

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Quan, who was clenched with his fists clenched, his body trembling slightly, but he was still silent, and said in an unquestionable tone, "I heard that Xinguo Gongtang also has a little girl under his knees, so I can give Quan'er a princess." "He is the supreme Emperor His Majesty, and it is a privilege to let the daughter of his subordinates marry his son as a princess, and naturally no one needs to be consulted. Through Jinyiwei's secret report, he naturally knew that Xu Ying and Zhu Quan were very close, and they were obviously in agreement. made Zhu Quan the prince of the border with the heaviest military power in the Ming Dynasty, but he wanted to marry his beloved woman to Zhu Di. This thorn in his heart will make this kid resent himself, but he will hate Zhu Di even more for the rest of his life, and he will never be able to join forces with Zhu Di to become a threat to Zhu Biao. In order not to let anyone threaten Zhu Biao, who is in charge of this empire in the future, whether it is Zhu Di, Zhu Quan, or Xu Ying, they can only become pawns on the chessboard of the Ming Empire.

Zhu Quan was indignant in his heart, but after all, he had experienced the bloody battles of thousands of troops and horses, and he still kept a little sober in his heart, he understood too well the kind of decisive and decisive nature of Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him, even if he resisted at the moment, it was futile and powerless, and he had to get out of the palace to resist. As he spoke, his mouth was full of bitterness, and there seemed to be another person in his mind who hissed and roared strongly condemning the feudal arranged marriage.

Back at the palace, Zhu Quan instructed Jing Jun and Sima Chao to invite Master Qin Zhuofeng and Jing Kun to come and meet.

After Jing Jun and Sima Chao glanced at each other, they hurriedly took the order and left. After His Royal Highness left the palace today, his face was so black that the clouds were thick, and it was obvious that he had encountered an extremely difficult matter in the palace, and the two of them did not dare to ask more.

After listening to what Zhu Quan said, Jing Kun couldn't help frowning and was silent.

Qin Zhuofeng played with the wine gourd in his hand, his eyes flickered, and he asked in a deep voice, "What do you think?" ”

"What I mean is that before the holy decree is issued, I will visit the church tonight to get married, and cook the raw rice into a mature meal." Zhu Quan looked at the sky outside the window, which was already past noon, gritted his teeth, and said viciously. I also secretly thought to myself that it was a big deal to be pulled to cut off my head tomorrow, Lao Tzu was a peony flower to death, and he was also a ghost. Thinking of this, he turned his head and asked Ma Sanbao, "Is the money in the house still a happy event?" ”

Ma Sanbao smiled and said, "Two days ago, the little man went to the Zongren Mansion to get two thousand taels of silver. ”

Jing Kun and Zhu Quan have been together for a long time, so they naturally understand that once he has made a decision, Ma Du can't pull back his stubborn temperament, so he sighed lightly and didn't speak. Besides, he knew Qin Zhuofeng's temperament very well, and if he came forward to oppose it at this time, he was afraid that his old friend would have to break off his friendship with him on the spot.

Zhu Quan couldn't help but be very happy when he heard this, nodded and said, "I can't take care of it in a hurry." You wait for the three of you, and immediately go out of the house to buy the things you need. ”

Qin Zhuofeng saw that Ma Sanbao bowed down and turned around to leave, and said busily, "Wait, this marriage event is not child's play, so there must be a rule." Yan stood up and said in a deep voice, "After Brother Xu Da died, he could be a teacher on behalf of his parents, but this matchmaker must think about finding a person with the right identity." ”

Zhu Quan was also sick and rushed to the doctor, and he didn't know much about the marriage etiquette of the world, so he smiled when he heard it, "Teacher Quan and be a matchmaker." With that, he turned his head and looked at Jing Kun.

"No, how can this marriage become our own people? It's best to find a well-known nobleman as a matchmaker. Qin Zhuofeng scolded with a smile, he has always regarded Xu Ying as his own beloved daughter, even if he is informal on weekdays and regards red tape as nothing, he can deal with such a marriage event as his lover, after all, he still can't marry the Ming media, who is all about the world.

Zhu Quan's face was sad and thoughtful, and after a moment, he suddenly opened his face, turned his head to Ma Sanbao and smiled: "You go to the Cao Guogong Mansion immediately, just say that this king has something to discuss with him, and don't talk about marriage." ”

Ma Sanbao shook his head when he heard this, and turned around and left in understanding.

With the sound of horses' hooves, a young man in a light robe and a gorgeous costume came to the gate of Ning Wangfu with a few retinues in the palace, turned over and dismounted, and slowly walked towards the living room under the guidance of the people of the palace, it was Li Jinglong, the prince of Cao Guo.

After Li Jinglong sat down, he took the tea cup offered by the maid, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart while drinking it. He is faintly the head of the noble children in this Heavenly City, and he likes to feast and drink outings and other pleasures on weekdays, but for such a time as today's afternoon, King Ning couldn't help but wonder a little when he was invited. I heard the sound of footsteps in my ears, and when I looked up and saw Zhu Quan and Qin Zhuofeng coming, I hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Your Highness, Li Jinglong, Your Highness." ”

Zhu Quan and Li Jinglong have known each other for a long time, and secretly thought to themselves in their hearts that if they put the matter of being a matchmaker together, they would not dare to be this matchmaker if they borrowed ten more guts, and it would be better to deceive the thief ship. After making up his mind, he smiled faintly and said, "Tonight, the king is feasting in the mansion, and I want to invite the noble sons of Ying Xun in the Heavenly City to come to the mansion." Therefore, I wanted to bother Cao Guogong to personally invite all the distinguished guests. ”

Li Jinglong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and secretly thought to himself that His Royal Highness would soon be in Daning, and now it is hot in the court, and a post will go out, wouldn't the children of such a family be happy like me? But you want me to come to the door and invite me personally? Which one is this singing?

Zhu Quan saw that the other party's eyes showed a slight suspicion, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Cao Guogong has a wide range of friends in Yingtian City, and he will not miss the guests when he invites guests on behalf of the king." ”

Li Jinglong couldn't help but suddenly understand when he heard this, and secretly thought to himself that the current Lord of the Ming Dynasty is hereditary, and it seems that His Highness's move is to get closer to the children of the family in Yingtian City before taking up the domain. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but secretly admire His Royal Highness King Ning's foresight.

Qin Zhuofeng said with a smile: "The old man is about to go to the Zhongshan Palace. How about walking with Cao Guogong and Li Jinglong? ”

It turns out that the marriage etiquette of the world is very elaborate and cumbersome, and it still needs to be based on the six steps in the weekly ceremony, namely Nacai (giving gifts and proposing, that is, the matchmaker proposes), asking the name (asking the woman's name and birthday time, with auspicious signs, now known as "Hebazi"), Naji (after the man's family has obtained the auspicious omen, the ceremony notifies the woman's family, and the marriage is initially decided), Nazheng (sending a dowry gift to the woman), asking for a date (agreeing on the marriage date), and welcoming (the groom personally marries the bride). Among them, only the "kiss welcome" is the ceremony on the day of the wedding, and the other five are the pre-wedding ceremony. Today, Zhu Quan acted in a hurry, and it was impossible to complete these many rituals within half a day, but Nacai was indispensable, and he had to let Li Jinglong, a matchmaker who had been kept in the dark, personally come forward to go to Xu's mansion.

Li Jinglong naturally knew that Qin Zhuofeng was the master of Zhu Quan and Xu Ying, and he did not doubt him at all when he heard the words. Although he has always been on the wrong path with Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, he understands that if he wants to say that the children of the family in Yingtiancheng are naturally headed by Xu Huizu, the son-in-law who inherited the identity of Xu Da and Wei Guogong, and he went to invite guests, so he naturally had to go to the Zhongshan Palace.

On the bank of the Qinhuai River, near the Confucius Temple, in the living room of Xu Da's mansion, Xu Huizu sat down after serving tea, looked at Qin Zhuofeng and then at Li Jinglong not far away, and said lightly, "I have never had anything to do with His Royal Highness King Ning, and as for the banquet, I am entangled in mundane affairs and have no time to go." He was the same as a group of civil servants in the court, and he deeply thought that the division of the feudal domain adopted by His Majesty the Emperor would do all kinds of harm to the Ming Dynasty and not benefit the society, and he had no good impression of Li Jinglong's anointed children, just because he was the head of the family now, but he could not lose his courtesy, so he had to politely decline.

"It's okay for other wine banquets, but you have to drink tonight's wine banquet." As Qin Zhuofeng spoke, he stood up and walked to the door of the living room, waved his hand and ordered Ma Sanbao and the others who were waiting outside to move the dowry into the hall. He has taught Xu Ying martial arts since he was a child, and he is very familiar with the people in Xu Da's mansion, but he has always disliked Xu Huizu's youthful and old-fashioned appearance.

Seeing Ma Sanbao commanding several of his subordinates to move the red silk covered boxes one by one, Xu Huizu couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and Li Jinglong was also confused, unaware that Ma Sanbao and the others quietly waited outside the Xu Mansion after purchasing a number of dowries, and when they could enter the mansion with their front feet, they carried a group of dowry gifts under Qin Zhuofeng's arrangement.

Xu Huizu pointed to these dowries, frowned, and asked, "I don't know what seniors mean by this?" Although he vaguely saw from the uniqueness of the packages of these boxes that it seemed to be a dowry for a marriage proposal, it was too abrupt because of this incident, and he still did not come back to his senses. Although he heard that Qin Zhuofeng's tone was not good, he was quite unhappy in his heart, but because of his status as an elder of his sister Xu Ying's teacher, it was not easy to attack.

Qin Zhuofeng said with a smile: "Today is Xu Ying, the apprentice hired by Zhu Quan to marry the old man." ”

When Li Jinglong saw such a scene and heard such words, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he had a vague sense of foreboding in his heart.

Xu Huizu was shocked when he heard this, and said categorically, "How can marriage be such a child's play?" This matter is too ridiculous, and it is difficult for the younger generations to obey their fate. He didn't like Zhu Quan very much in his heart, and even more remembered his status as a prince, so the matter of marriage naturally had to be decided by His Majesty the Emperor. Marrying his sister Xu Ying to Zhu Quan in such a hasty manner is really not what I want.

Qin Zhuofeng stretched out his hand, Shi Shiran took out a post from his arms, raised his hand and said with a smile, "In vain, you read poetry and books, don't you hear the words of heaven, earth, king, parent, and teacher?" At present, the Xu Da brothers and his wife are no longer there, and Ying'er's marriage can naturally be decided by the teacher. ”

Xu Huizu couldn't help but be angry when he heard this. He still said in his mouth, "The order of the parents is replaced by the seniors with the order of the teacher, regardless of it, but where are the words of the matchmaker?" ”

Qin Zhuofeng laughed, and Li Jinglong, who was sitting on one side of his fingers, said with a smile, "Cao Guogong's family is illustrious, and he is the son of General Li Wenzhong. ”

Li Jinglong was drinking tea by himself at this time, and when he heard the words, he was so shocked that he squirted out a mouthful of hot tea, coughed again and again, and reached out to take the big red post, seeing that the name of the matchmaker on it was the word "Li Jinglong", and he was almost shocked that the three souls went to two souls. Although he is not very talented, he is not an ignorant person. Thinking back to the thunderous methods of His Majesty the Emperor today, he, a legitimate matchmaker, was only afraid that a catastrophe would come tomorrow, thinking about this, he sat back in his chair and couldn't move.

Xu Huizu opened his mouth and said with a red face, "This, this ......" The order of his parents was done by Qin Zhuofeng, the master, and the matchmaker was so frightened that his face was pale, but he was still justified, which made him angry, but it was difficult to think of a reason for opposition in a hurry.

Qin Zhuofeng knew that Zhu Quan's marriage to Xu Ying today must not be publicized, so he walked up to Xu Huizu and said with a smile: "Tonight's wedding wine, you, the uncle, have to drink it, and if you don't drink it, you have to drink it." With that, he stretched out his hand and pointed, sealing Xu Huizu's acupoint.

When Xu Huizu heard that Zhu Quan was going to marry his sister Xu Ying domineeringly tonight, he couldn't help but feel a mess in his mind, and he softened to the ground without reacting.

At this moment, I heard a woman's coquettish voice, and a figure walked into the living room quickly, it was Xu Ying in a light yellow shirt. She had just practiced swords in the backyard, and when she heard that the maid had reported the arrival of the master, she returned to the boudoir and changed her clothes, and then she rushed to meet her. As soon as he walked to the door, he witnessed the scene of the master taking action to restrain his brother-in-law, and he couldn't help but feel a little discolored, and he didn't know why.

When I heard the master tell Zhu Quan about such a brutal way of marrying, I couldn't help but feel like a deer, and stomped my feet with a crimson face and said, "How can you act like this?" ”

"I am in a hurry to obey the power, but I can't complain about Zhu Quan's kid." Qin Zhuofeng said with a smile, then turned his head to Li Jinglong, who was thinking of sneaking out of the hall quietly, and said lightly, Cao Guogong came here today, but everyone is watching, if you run away today, will you be able to escape tomorrow? ”

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