4 Chapter 3 Welcome
"What's wrong with this mouth? This mouth is a treasure. Even all the lawyers in Yuezhou Prefecture can't speak against me!" Zhao Xi said proudly, "Just watch, one day I will be able to get myself admitted into the Shangshu Province and receive an official title."
Prime Minister, when you grow old, you will be granted the titles of the Three Dukes and the Three Solitary Men. After your death, you will be granted the title of the greatest sage in ancient and modern times."
Lou Jing endured the pain in her chest while laughing. She made a fist with one hand and put it to her lips and coughed lightly, "Well, I have the ambition, but to be the number one sage in ancient and modern times, you have to convince someone first."
"Who?" Zhao Xi immediately became interested.
"Master Ning Xin, Qinglian Temple in the east of the city." Lou Jing said mysteriously.
"Ah?" Zhao Xi was stunned for a moment, then curled his lips, "Qinglian Temple is a nun's temple, how can I go see an old nun?"
"You don't understand this..." Lou Jing raised her eyebrows and raised her fingers to invite Zhao Xi to come over.
"This is fun!" Zhao Xi couldn't help but grin when he heard that, and then frowned, "I will take the exam next year, and you don't even try to persuade me to study. You just let me do these immoral things. If I don't pass the exam,
what to do?"
Lou Jing glanced at him and flicked his head hard with his finger, "If you don't pass the exam, you will go to the East Palace to be a father-in-law. I will definitely make you a general manager!"
Zhao Xi held his head in his hands, and Gao Yi once again grabbed his collar and lifted him over the courtyard wall. While stretching his collar, he thought about whether he would be promoted faster, being a father-in-law or taking the No. 1 exam. He suddenly remembered that he was here to ask Lou Jing about getting married. Why was he being asked like this?
Throw it out?
"Your Majesty, that old nun Ning Xin came again this morning. She only sat in the upper courtyard for a cup of tea." Xunxia brought a bowl of medicine and whispered to the person on the bed.
Lou Jing smiled and nodded. Seeing the bitter medicine in Xun Xia's hand, the smile on her lips immediately stiffened, "I have a trauma, and drinking medicine will not help."
"No," Xun Xia put a small palm-sized medicine bowl into Lou Jing's hand, "The seventh guard said that the prince has suffered internal injuries. If he doesn't drink the medicine, he will vomit blood."
What kind of messy medical theory is this? Lou Jing curled his lips, but facing Xunxia's eye-catching eyes that might turn into tearful almond eyes at any time, he had to hold his breath and swallow it in one gulp. It's a pity that he has not been afraid of anything since he was a child, but he is afraid of this.
The bitter taste of the medicine is really a hero in trouble and being bullied by a maid.
The days passed by very fast, from August 17th to September 2nd, it was just a blink of an eye, and the time was not enough for Lou Jing to recover from his injuries.
When Anguo Gonglou Jianyu first came up with this idea, he did not expect that the emperor would set such a tight date. He originally thought that the royal wedding would be held in the spring of next year. Even if it was urgent, it would only take three months.
But who knows, it's only half a month. If that kid makes a fool of himself at the wedding, he won't be able to bear the pain and walk away.
"Take this, if you can't hold it any longer, eat one." Lou Jianyu threw a mutton-fat jade vial to Lou Jing, who was wearing a bright red wedding dress. Seeing that he had a cold face and did not say a word of thanks, he became angry.
As soon as he typed it out, thinking about today's happy day, he held it back, "If you marry into the palace, you will be a member of the royal family. Remember, if you do something wrong, you will not be the only one to be embarrassed. The entire Anguo Palace will suffer as well."
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After An Guogong rolled up his sleeves and left, Lou Jing turned the small jade bottle in his hand, poured out a pill and sniffed it. It was the same medicine as the bottle in the secret compartment. She couldn't help but sneer, most of the medicine that takes effect immediately is harmful to people.
It is harmful, and this kind is made with several kinds of poisons. If you eat too much, you will have endless troubles. You will not eat it easily on the battlefield. Besides, his father only asked him not to make a fool of himself when saluting, so he never thought about whether the prince would be able to enter the bridal chamber.
Will he not be able to see it? What will he do then?
Whether it is a small family or a high-ranking aristocrat, marriage is very grand, and the marriage of a prince is even more complicated.
The day before the wedding, people from the Ministry of Rites and the palace came to make arrangements. A secondary office was set up outside the gate of Duke Anguo's mansion. The prince's seat faced the south, and the East Palace officials were on the east and west sides. It was used by the East Palace officials to congratulate the prince when he welcomed the bride. The chamberlain The province sent a ceremonial eunuch to teach Lou Jing the etiquette of the wedding ceremony. The ceremony for the crown prince to accept his concubine was the same as that for the emperor to accept his concubine. You can imagine how complicated this was.
With Lou Jing's current body, the hard work the day before the wedding was already too much. She had to get up early the next day, and her complexion became worse and worse. However, when the prince married a male concubine, he could only ask the eunuch to help him groom himself. The person assigned turned out to be the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Superintendent of Internal Affairs Shen Lian.
During the ten years of Emperor Chunde's reign, the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been continuously expanded. Today's eunuchs are even comparable to those of the prime ministers. The eunuchs are ruthless and moody. Lou Jing had to work hard to deal with Shen Lian.
Shen Lian is now in his forties, but has been nourished by wealth and wealth. Looking at his still young and slightly thin fair face, his smile is a bit cold.
"Such trivial matters bother Eunuch Shen to come in person." Lou Jing stood up and greeted Shen Lian.
"The prince marries his wife, so our family will naturally come to rejoice," Shen Lian smiled in return. Seeing that his face was not good, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him, "There are many grand ceremonies, it's hard work for the prince."
Lou Jing did not avoid Shen Lian's extended hand at all, and even leaned closer to him, letting her hand touch his sleeve, which made the smile on Shen Lian's face deepen.
Eunuchs are handicapped, and these high-minded nobles have always looked down on eunuchs. However, in recent years, the eunuchs have become increasingly powerful, forcing those people to bow their heads. However, some small things will inevitably show their contempt for eunuchs. , like Lou Jing, who acts like a civil servant and behaves without pretense, will naturally win Shen Lian's favor.
The two of them talked and laughed, looking at each other in a harmonious manner, but Lou Jing felt miserable. If someone else came, he could lie down for a while, but Shen Lian could only stand here.
Finally, when it was time to welcome the bride, the prince dismounted and was greeted by the officials of the Eastern Palace outside the door, while Lou Jing bid farewell to his parents inside the house.
Lou Jianyu and Mrs. Wei were sitting in the main hall, and the joy on their faces could not be concealed. Mrs. Wei was wearing the official uniform of a first-class lady, and her young face was radiant. She is only twenty-three years old this year, and is only older than Lou Jing. At the age of six, because it was a continuation of Xian's reign, the title could not exceed that of Lou Jing's mother, and she could not be granted a higher rank, but only a first-rank wife.
Lou Jing stood in the middle of the main hall, looking at Mrs. Wei who was sitting on the matriarch's seat as a matter of course. She glanced at the empty sandalwood table between the two of them and said with a smile: "We are so happy today, why don't we invite my mother's memorial tablet?" , how does this make a son say goodbye to his parents?"
Wei's smile as bright as a spring flower immediately froze on her face. Lou Jianyu also hesitated, and then suppressed his anger and said: "Your mother is sitting here, what nonsense are you talking about!"
"Father, don't scare your son on this big day. My mother has been dead for more than five years, how can she be sitting here?" Lou Jing's eyes widened, looking very surprised, and said to the housekeeper standing aside, "It's not too fast. Go and ask for mother’s memorial tablet.”
When the Wei family came into the family, he could have changed his name to mother, but this stepmother had never given him a good look since she came in. She didn't look like a mother at all, so to this day, Lou Jing only calls her wife.
Outside the main hall, the prince had already entered. The best man stood on the east side of the main hall and sang loudly: "I dare to ask for help."
A calm and clear voice responded: "Xiao Chengjun is here to welcome the bride."
There was no farewell in the room, and everyone was anxiously turning around. Lou Jing just stood in the middle of the room calmly, watching Lou Jianyu angrily ask someone to ask for a memorial tablet, and looking at Wei's innocent face, the pain in her body seemed to have eased.
Quite a few.
When they were invited to take the memorial tablet, the prince outside the door had already taken the wild goose from the hands of the groomsmen and handed it to the officiant. Normally, the officiant could take it with his chest raised and his head raised, but the groom was a prince, so the officiant had to kneel to receive it. The officiant knelt to accept it.
After receiving the answer, the prince bowed and thanked him before he could stand up. In this way, there was just enough time for Lou Jing to finish kneeling to her parents and put the hijab on them.
In the entire Dayu Dynasty, only the emperor and the prince could marry men. Therefore, except for the formal attire, which was all men's attire, most of the etiquette was similar to that of men and women. Even the wife had to cover her head. This was convenient for Lou Jing.
After all, with his half-disabled body, his face must be very frightening after all the hard work. If he walks out of this main hall, he will be embarrassed as a royal.
When a prince gets married, he must wear an apricot-yellow gauze gown, which means that he must wear a bright red gauze gown with wide sleeves over the apricot-yellow gown. After Xiao Chengjun entered, Lou Jing could only see a corner of the hem from under the hijab. Other things
, they can all be solved one by one. Lou Jing has figured out the affairs of the Lou family and the court these days, but how to get along with the prince. He has been thinking hard for the past half month, but he has not come up with a solution.
So come.
Xiao Chengjun and Lou Jing bid farewell to their parents together. They were separated and did not touch each other. The officiant sang a harmony, and Wei Shi forced a smile and said "I respectfully listen to my parents' words", and then Lou Jing was led into the sedan chair.
The royal sedan was a sixteen-carry sedan that looked like a small house, and was carefully covered with thick red silk cushions. Even so, Lou Jing was still so painful that he broke into a cold sweat when he sat on it. He could only take one pill a day.
It is a pill, and the effect of the medicine is not long. You need to wait until he is about to get off the sedan chair before taking it, so as to support his natural movements when worshiping heaven and earth. At this moment, he can only think of something else to divert the pain.
The prince Xiao Chengjun is the same age as him. When his mother was still alive, he took him to the palace to play when he was a child. When several princes stood together, people would notice the prince at first sight, not only because he wore apricot-yellow clothes, but also because he was wearing apricot-yellow clothes.
It's because that serious and dignified little face is in sharp contrast to the other princes. He knows that he can't express his emotions at such a young age, so how could he be the Crown Prince who has nothing outstanding in the eyes of everyone?
"Here...here you..." In the memory, a white and tender little hand handed him a candy that was about the same size as the palm of his hand. His little face was still tense. The hand was soft,
Especially like the little rabbit buns his mother made for him during the Chinese New Year, they are warm and warm with a milky aroma.
I wonder what Xiao Chengjun looks like now. Does he still have the same dark eyes as when he was a child...
The sedan stopped, and while the red arrow was shooting at the sedan, Lou Jing swallowed a pill.
The curtain of the sedan chair was opened, and someone helped him walk down. It was not as lively as ordinary weddings. The royal wedding was quiet and solemn. The drums started to sound, and the people who were supporting him retreated to both sides. A slender, white, well-proportioned
The hand was handed over.
Chapter completed!