Chapter 197: Marriage

The next day was fast approaching.

On the seventh day of the seventh month of the fifth year of Yongli, the traditional Chinese Qixi Festival, Su Yan will never forget this day, which is the day when he got married after coming to this world.

The wedding of the newly enshrined King of Nan'an was a big event, and the Governor's Mansion was busy up and down, with lights and red carpets everywhere, and the streets from the Zheng Mansion to the Governor's Mansion were full of soldiers of the Shenji Battalion armed with rifles, and there were people inside and outside the Governor's Palace.

It is no exaggeration to say that the prefects of almost every prefecture north of Hangzhou rushed over, and the main generals of Jiangbei, in addition to Wang Yi, who was still besieging Luzhou, also stopped their work and returned to Nanjing City to drink joyful wine.

Early in the morning of the seventh day of the seventh month of July, Su Yan was pulled up by Zhang Huangyan, who was in charge of preparing for the wedding, and he put on a bright red wedding dress under the service of the slaves and maids, wearing a champion hat and thick-soled boots.

"His Royal Highness, I'll ...... in a moment."

Zhang Huangyan wanted to say more, but Su Yan waved his sleeves and said, "Okay, Xuanzhu, there is no need to say any more, when can I go to greet my relatives?"

Zhang Huangyan smiled bitterly, he really didn't hear a word of Su Yan what he said just now, he could only repeat it, and said, "Your Highness, you are the king of the county, you can't go in person, just go with the name of the envoy."

"Huh?" It was the first time Su Yan had heard of this regulation, he scratched his face, thought about it, and shouted outside, "Chen Ying!"

As soon as his words fell, Chen Ying pushed the door in, clenched his fists and said, "My subordinates are here."

"You go and inform Su Ci and let him go to the Zheng Mansion to greet him as a messenger to welcome relatives instead of me." Su Yan commanded.

Chen Ying immediately took the order and left, and at this time, several maidservants took the rouge and were about to smear it on Su Yan's face, Su Yan hurriedly dodged and shouted: "This king is a dignified man, what kind of rouge to smear, stop!"

After saying that, he got up from his chair and said, "Okay, this king is going outside to entertain the guests, Xuanzhu, you go with me!"

After saying that, he was about to walk out in a hurry, but after only a few steps, a slave behind him hurriedly chased after him and said, "Your Highness, the sachet, you haven't tied the sachet yet."

"This is the sachet? What a strange smell." Su Yan looked at the red bag in the slave's hand with some disgust, and the slave explained, "This sachet contains lotus seeds, red dates and some other things, which are auspicious."

"Hurry up, then." Su Yan stood in place, urging the slave to tie it for herself, and after tying it, she strode out, Zhang Huangyan saw his hot appearance, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and hurriedly followed.

At the same time, in the backyard of Zheng's house, Zheng Chagu, dressed in a phoenix crown, sat in front of the bronze mirror and accepted the bride to dress her up, the bride held a five-color cotton yarn in her hand, divided into three ends, pulled one end of each hand, the thread was straightened between the two hands, and the other head was bitten and pulled apart with her mouth, forming the shape of a "ten" frame.

The bride moved her hands up and down, and the red double lines were divided and closed, constantly twisting the subtle hairs on Zheng Chagu's face, which was the opening of the face.

Zheng Chagu looked at the beautiful face reflected in the bronze mirror, her heart was full of longing for her future life and the nervousness before the wedding, and she whispered the southern Fujian nursery rhyme in her mouth:

"Swallow Fly,

The end of the dragon ship?

Click? Lingdou,

Lingdou combed his hair with a piece of firewood.

The comb is also light, the grate is also light,

Hold the water early in the garden.

Garden Red Notes,

The top hall and the lower hall are patted iron.

Shoot the iron and burn,

The son-in-law fluttered,

Rolling down the ditch,

Ah Gong patted his father.

Mommy and dad want to die,

Ah Gong pats the eldest sister.

The eldest sister wants to marry,

The gongs and drums are tinkling."

On the street, the sound of firecrackers was deafening, almost bursting people's eardrums, Su Ci, who was dressed in a capable and energetic suit, rode on a horse and walked in front of the greeting team, and those who didn't know thought he was married.

Behind Su Ci is the guard of honor holding the brand of the palace of Nan'an County, behind is the band that is playing, behind the band is the sedan chair and the bride, behind the sedan chair is the maid servant, the front and back of the welcoming team are the guards infantry led by Chen Quan, the head of the guard regiment summoned by Su Yan, they are responsible for opening the way, and they are guarding in the back, and the group rushed to the Zheng Mansion.

Along the way, many people watched and joined in the excitement on the side of the road, they looked at the red greeting procession, and from time to time made a celebratory sound, but because there were infantry of the Shenji Battalion to maintain order, no one rushed into the team.

When the welcoming party arrived at the Zheng Mansion, Fu Bo, the housekeeper of the Zheng Mansion, had been waiting outside for a long time, Su Ci turned over and dismounted, and asked the soldiers to wait outside, while he took the bride to the front hall behind Fu Bo.

As soon as they entered the gate, they saw that the courtyard was filled with more than a dozen chests draped in red satin, which must have been dowries.

Arriving at the front hall, Zhu Chenggong and his wife were already waiting, and when they saw Su Ci coming in, Zhu Chenggong got up and greeted him, "Fu'an Hou has worked hard all the way."

"It's not hard to do things for His Royal Highness the King of the County." Su Ci said with a smile, didn't he just want to attend Su Yan's wedding when he came back from Jiangbei, like Su Dingyuan's house, most of them are still in the Quzhou military camp.

Then he asked, "I wonder if the princess is ready?"

"The fifth sister is ready, waiting in the room." Zhu Chenggong replied, and then ordered someone to invite the bride out.

It didn't take long for Zheng Chagu, who was dressed in a phoenix crown, to be helped out by Xi Niang, she was personally held on the sedan chair by Zhu Chenggong, who was her brother, and the Zheng Mansion went out to see each other, although Dong Yougu was only her sister-in-law, but over the years, she had already regarded Zheng Chagu as her own daughter, so she cried silently, and she had a sense of déjà vu to send her daughter to marry.

After Zheng Chagu was sent to the sedan chair, the welcoming procession returned to the Governor's Mansion in a majestic manner amid the sound of firecrackers lit by the subordinates of the Zheng Mansion.

When I returned to the Governor's Palace, there was already a sea of people outside the gate of the Governor's Palace, many people stood on the periphery of the cordon composed of soldiers, and the officials and guests stood next to watch the groom Su Yan kick the sedan car door under the guidance of the bride, and then the bride lifted the curtain, and Su Yan led the bride into the house with colored ball silk.

There was already a burning brazier in the courtyard, Su Yan led Zheng Chagu across the brazier, meaning to drive away bad things, and the surrounding onlookers applauded when they saw the newcomer stepping over.

Next is a series of complicated and cumbersome ritual processes, a whole ceremony is called "three kneels, nine prostrations, six prostrations", after the service, a couple of newcomers have already been tired and sweaty, Su Yan is okay, after all, he came out of the army, Zheng Chagu is still wearing a heavy red hijab on her head, plus it is summer now, it will only be hot and stuffy inside.

Then it is sent into the cave room, guided by two small girls holding dragon and phoenix candles, Su Yan holds the colorful ball silk and leads Zheng Chagu into the cave room, they must step on the sack during the walk, walk through one, and the bride is handed to the front to the paved in the road, which means "passing on the ancestry".

After being sent into the cave room, the banquet officially began, Su Yan left Zheng Chagu alone in the wedding room, and came out to toast to all the guests, the guests were all officials and generals, knew the proportions, and did not deliberately coax Su Yan to pour wine, so until the evening, Su Yan was only slightly drunk, and still retained a clear consciousness.

Su Yangui is the king of the county, and he holds the military and political power of the four provinces, so naturally no one rushed to the cave room, so Su Yan came to the wedding room alone with a relatively steady pace, pushed the door in, the room was quiet, Zheng Chagu, who was dressed in a red wedding dress, sat quietly on the edge of the bed, and the personal maid standing beside her saluted Su Yan, and then retreated with the snacks and water she had eaten.

Only Su Yan and Zheng Chagu were left in the room.

Su Yan looked at Zheng Chagu who was sitting on the edge of the bed of the acacia bed, but his heart was beating fast at this moment, he swallowed his saliva, walked gently to the bride, and his head was in a trance - this, this is his bride, as long as he picks up the red hijab, she will really become his bond in this world.

Swallowing his saliva again, Su Yan gently picked up the silver joy scale, picked up the red hijab on Zheng Chagu's head, and a gorgeous face instantly jumped into Su Yan's sight, occupying all the positions of his pupils, even if Su Yan, who had seen many beauties, this

It was inevitable that he would be stunned.

Under the green silk hair is a beautiful face with a beautiful face with beautiful eyebrows and picturesque eyebrows, and the red jade-like lips make people can't help but salivate in their mouths, delicate and lovely, and the bright eyes are as bright as a galaxy, revealing thousands of styles and containing a strong sense of shame.

Facing Su Yan's dull gaze, Zheng Chagu's face was full of shame, her eyes didn't dare to look directly at Su Yan's gaze, she drooped slightly, and whispered in shame: "Husband."

「!」

Su Yan's mind was like a thunderbolt from the sky, all the reason in his mind that could think independently was instantly shattered, and a thick ecstasy and emotions called happiness quickly occupied his mind, so that his eyes were only the beautiful woman in front of him who called him "husband".

At this moment, Su Yan fell, and he quickly built a concept in his heart, or a bottom line-he wanted to protect the wife who called him "husband", this is his responsibility and his obligation, and she will also be Su Yan's biggest shackle in the world.

Seeing that Su Yan didn't respond, Zheng Chagu became even more shy in her heart, and she whispered again: "Husband, let the concubine untie your clothes."

"No need."

After a while, Su Yan finally spoke.

In Zheng Chagu's surprised gaze, Su Yan couldn't hold his breath anymore, and the whole person pressed up, and it didn't take long for a deliberately suppressed cry to be heard in the room, and from this moment on, there was finally an extra little woman in this world.

……

Following.

Su Yan and Zheng Chagu slept until the third pole of the sun before waking up leisurely, Su Yan held the soft and boneless woman in his arms, and met the eyes of Zheng Chagu who had just opened her eyes, Zheng Chagu subconsciously looked away, and a touch of shame appeared on her face again.

Su Yan gently pinched her white and delicate cheeks, and said softly, "It's time to get up, presumably the eldest brother and sister-in-law have been waiting for a long time."

"The concubine will wait for you to change your clothes." Zheng Chagu opened her mouth and said, her voice was a little hoarse, and the movement of sitting up from the bed was also very inconvenient, Su Yan hurriedly stopped her when she saw this, and said, "No need, just let the next person come, but your body, can you really go and serve tea to the eldest brother?"

There were no elders in Su Yan's family, so they only needed to go to Zhu Chenggong to serve tea.

When Zheng Chagu heard this, she couldn't help glaring at him angrily, and said, "It's all your fault, you bullied the concubine so hard yesterday."

"Blame me." Su Yan answered with a smile, and at this time, the maid who had been waiting outside walked in with toiletries and towels and other things, waiting for Su Yan and Zheng Chagu to dress and wash, and the personal maid brought by Zheng Chagu took advantage of this time to solemnly put away a white cloth with plum blossoms on the bed.

Seeing that Zheng Chagu's movements were really inconvenient, Su Yan wanted to order someone to send a message to Zhu Chenggong, saying that Zheng Chagu was unwell today and could only go to serve tea another day, but Zheng Chagu thought it was very shameful, so she still held on, and took a sedan chair with Su Yan to Zheng Mansion with some awkward steps, and served tea to Zhu Chenggong and Dong Yougu.

After arriving at Zheng's mansion, Dong Yougu immediately noticed that something was wrong with Zheng Chagu, so she took Zheng Chagu to the back hall for a private chat after serving tea, leaving Su Yan and Zhu Chenggong in the front hall.

Su Yan took a sip of tea and asked Zhu Chenggong, "Big brother, I don't know when you want to oppose Guangdong?"

"I have already ordered people to make preparations, and I will leave tomorrow and return to Guangdong." Zhu Chenggong replied, he glanced at the direction of the back hall, and said, "This time I went south, I only went alone, Yougu and Zheng Jing stayed in Nanjing, Anguo, my wife and children will ask you to take more care."

"Why is that?" Su Yan wondered.

"Jing'er has never seen the prosperity of Nanjing since he was born, and I am ready to let him stay in Nanjing to study and expand the world, instead of limiting his eyes to the one-third of an acre of land in the middle and left."

"Who does the Jinsha want to worship?" Su Yan asked.

"I haven't thought of it yet." Zhu Chenggong sighed, and the expression on his face suddenly became very complicated: "The division commander was originally the most suitable candidate, but he groveled to ***, which violated the will of loyalty to the monarch and the country, although he secretly opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, he could ...... it."

Speaking of the back, Zhu Chenggong couldn't go on, every time he thought of changing his name to Zheng Sen in order to encourage himself, and Qian Qianyi, who also called the word "Damu", groveled to *** in order to survive, bowed his head and bowed his head, and his father Zheng Zhilong also took the lead in lowering the Qing despite opposition, Zhu Chenggong's heart hurt like a knife.

Seeing him like this, Su Yan also sighed and said, "Big brother, if you don't dislike it, I have a candidate here who can be the gentleman of Jinshe."

"Who is it?" Zhu Chenggong cleaned up his mood and asked.

"Huang Zongxi and Huang Nanlei, you can also call him Mr. Lizhou."

"Huang Zongxi?" Zhu Chenggong thought about it for a while, and seemed to be searching for the reputation of this Huang Zongxi in his mind, but it could be seen from his expression that he had no memory of Huang Zongxi.

It's no wonder, after all, Huang Zongxi was not famous for his knowledge at this time, and in history, he had to wait for the Kangxi Dynasty to set up a museum to give lectures, and wrote books such as "Ming Yi to be interviewed" and "Ming Confucianism".

"What is this Huang Zongxi's talent and knowledge?" Zhu Chenggong asked hesitantly.

"There is real talent and learning, but the reputation is not obvious." Su Yan replied.

Zhu Chenggong thought about it again, and after a while, he nodded and said, "Since An Guo recommended it, then as you said, and ask An Guo to lead Jing'er to learn from this Mr. Lizhou for me."