Spring breeze turns into rain,

The drizzle is like mist, and the list is released in February. The lucky ones who are on the gold list are so proud of the spring breeze that they can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.

In this happy spring scenery,

Cheng Chumo also ushered in a great event in his life, his wedding.

Wu Huaiyu also put aside his distinguished status as prime minister and specially became the best man, accompanying Cheng Chumo to the Cui family in Qinghe, Chang'an to greet him.

Pingkangfang,

Qi County Duke's Mansion.

The Cui family is also dressed in red and colorful today and is full of joy.

Cheng Chumo's bride was from Wushuifang, the southern ancestor of the Cui family in Qinghe. Her ancestors followed Murong De south to cross the Yellow River and later settled in Wushui, Qi County.

The bride's great-grandfather was a Duke of Qi County in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and her grandfather was Biejia of Qizhou in the Sui Dynasty. Cheng Yaojin's second wife, Mrs. Cui, was her biological aunt.

The Cheng family's welcoming team was huge.

The Cui family warmly entertained the Cui family. Compared with the Northern and Southern ancestors, such as Zhengzhou and other families, the Cui family's Wushui Fang is now much inferior. Ms. Cui's father is now a doctor of Guozi. Although this is an official position of the fifth rank, it can

Wear Fei and wear silver.

But in the final analysis, he was just an academic official. There were five PhDs in Guozixue in the Imperial College. He was a respected official but had no real power. In future generations, he would be a relatively respected university president.

For the Cui family of Qinghe, especially Wushuifang of Qijun County, they still value Cheng Yaojin and Cheng Chumo. The marriage between the newly rich Cheng family is not just wishful thinking of the Cheng family.

The Cui family's Wushui house in Qijun and the old Cheng family in Dong'a are actually half neighbors.

Widow Cui first had an affair with Cheng Yaojin for several years, then married Cheng Yaojin, and now her niece is married to Cheng Chumo.

The bride's father, Master Cui, was dressed in a scarlet robe and his face was glowing. He was very satisfied with Cheng Chumo, his third-grade son-in-law, and he tried his best to show his identity as father-in-law and elder.

But in front of Wu Huaiyu, the best man of the Prime Minister Jin Guogong, who was a third-rank disciple of Tongzhong Shu, he could not put on any airs.

Although he is a son of the fifth surname, there are actually quite a lot of people in the seven families with the fifth surname.

From the Wude Dynasty to the Zhenguan Dynasty, there were not many people who could stand out in the past ten years or so. He was able to reach the fifth rank of Guozi doctor today. In addition to his status as a fifth-class son and Cui's family background, he actually relied on Cheng Yao.

Jin's power helped.

"Prime Minister Wu, you must drink a few more glasses of wedding wine as a reward."

Master Cui's smile was a bit flattering, and thinking about Wu's famous family status, he looked a bit coy and naughty.

Wu Huaiyu came today as the best man, so he smiled back at Master Cui, a so-called famous man who had not looked down on him before.

The old and powerful families like the Five Surnames and Seven Families actually have quite a lot of talents. For example, Cui Dunli and Lu Chengqing are still very capable.

Even Scholar Wang, who is a good drinker, can be said to be talented in poetry, but not good at common affairs.

Of course, there are many people like Master Cui who are famous but actually have no special abilities. Although they have indeed read a lot of books and even studied classics at home, their reputation is greater than their talent.

Standing in the Qi County Duke's Mansion in Chang'an Cui's Wushui House, one can see that although Cui is not as good as before, she has indeed gotten better and better in the past few years.

In fact, these famous families are also afraid of chaos, and they are also afraid of troubled times when dynasties collapse. Every time there is a big chaos, there will always be some thousand-year-old families, and hundreds of years of wealthy families will weaken or even perish.

As the saying goes, in the old days, kings and queens flew into the homes of ordinary people.

The rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River by the general of the universe, Hou Jing, overturned Wang Xie.

The water in the spring river is warm, and once the world is unified again, those famous families will always be the first to recover.

Although the Cui family was also suppressed in the early Tang Dynasty, it had a deep foundation and recovered quickly. Today, Cui Mansion is filled with guests from all over, including seven families with five surnames from Shandong, six surnames from Guanlong, etc.

But on this happy occasion today,

No one who is ignorant dares to openly belittle and ridicule the Cheng family or look down on Cheng Chumo, although these people all agree that the Cheng family is a nouveau riche.

In the past, when their five surnames and seven families were powerful, families like the Dongacheng family were just local tycoons.

But now no one dares to look down upon him anymore.

Not to mention that Cheng Yaojin was also the title of Duke of Zhenguan and Yuancong. His eldest son, Cheng Chumo, was so young that he was already in the third rank. He had already served as governor for two times and was given the title of County Duke. His future was definitely bright. His second son

He is already engaged to the princess, and has also won the title of county duke. Naturally, he will have a bright future in the future.

What's more, look at Cheng Chumo's groomsmen today.

Headed by the Prime Minister Wu Huaiyu, and then the Governor of Guangzhou Wu Huaiyi, as well as Niu Jianhu, Doulu Huairang, Li Dejiang, Wang Da, Wei Siren, Wu Shisheng and other young people,

These people are not only the children of the nouveau riche and military elite in their eyes before, but more importantly, this group of young people have now risen up. They are no longer just attached to the wings of their father and brother.

All of them are at least fifth grade, and some have even reached third grade.

The future of this group of young people is also unlimited.

Cheng Chumo's groomsmen group shows the strong alliance of the Cheng family.

In other words, these people are originally from a powerful military upstart group.

In front of this group, even the old Guandong clans like the Five Surnames and Seven Families felt a little intimidated.

Afternoon.

The Cheng family's wedding team finally picked up the bride.

Lady Cui cried goodbye to her parents and got on the sedan chair. Then Cheng Chumo, draped in red flowers, mounted a horse and took the bride back home.

Along the way, it was very lively, attracting countless Chang'an people to watch.

The servants of the Cheng family went to the crowd watching on the street and sprinkled handfuls of peanuts, red dates, longans, dried lotus seeds, etc.

This scene is much more lively than when the new Jinshi and Mingjing scholars parade through the streets after passing the exam.

dusk.

Newlyweds pay their respects.

Wu Huaiyu and other guests watched Cheng Chumo and Lady Cui salute one by one.

Cheng Yaojin smiled extraordinarily brightly, and Mrs. Cui was also full of joy, especially when the bride served tea to her uncle.

"Uncle, aunt, please have tea."

Lao Cheng quickly took it and said, "You're welcome, bride."

Mrs. Cui was even more happy when she saw that her familiar niece had now become her daughter-in-law, and she couldn't help wiping her tears.

It is a good thing for her that her natal niece marries into the Cheng family and becomes the eldest daughter-in-law. She has many family members around her, who are caring and reliable.

This call made her particularly happy. Their identities had changed, but the title remained the same.

When the master of ceremonies announced that they would be sent to Qinglu,

The wedding reception begins.

Wu Huaiyu, the best man, was dragged by Lao Cheng to drink, and he became a brother.

The wedding of Cheng and Cui in February was a bit hasty, but very lively. Cheng spent a lot of money and even made it a bit extravagant and ostentatious.

But it gave the Cui family a lot of face,

And after this perfect and lively wedding, the Cheng family gained more face.

The two fathers of the Cheng family married two aunts and nephews of the Cui family.

The newly married Cheng Chumo was very happy, at least that's what Wu Huaiyu saw. This guy wanted to escape from the marriage before and ran to Lingnan. But now after the wedding, the newlyweds are inseparable.

Even when the couple visits the homes of relatives and friends, it is still a bit too intimate.

"I want to go to Lingnan later." Cheng Chumo said bluntly when he came to visit the Wu family.

"Can't you bear to leave Mrs. Cui?"

"As a newlywed, I really can't bear to leave. I want to spend more time with her, and she also wants me to stay longer." Cheng Chumo was honest.

Huaiyu smiled, it was not like Cheng Chumo had never had a woman. He even had several children. If he hadn't been mourning his mother for twenty-seven months and couldn't touch women during this period, he would probably have many more children.

But he could indeed be called a single noble before, because he did not marry a wife, but only took in concubines, maids, and tricks.

"Where is the bride?" Huaiyu joked. Cui was in the backyard with the female family members of the Wu family. The two brothers could have some tea as they pleased.

"It feels different,"

"Why is it different?"

"A concubine is a concubine, a wife is a wife," Cheng Chumo couldn't say what was different, but it was indeed different.

"Do you think that since she is a girl with the fifth surname, she will be good anywhere?"

"Maybe it has a little to do with it, but it's not all because of that. She is indeed very good, gentle and virtuous..."

Seeing the happy look on his face, Wu Huaiyu felt that maybe he should be assigned another job and let him stay in Chang'an.

"No, I'll just go south later and stay with you for a few more days."

"I also said that I would go to Pingkangfang later for a drink, listen to music and dance. Seeing how you are now, I don't need to call you."

"Well, I really have no interest in going to Pingkangfang to drink flower wine."

After Wu Huaiyu saw off Cheng Chumo and his wife, he went to Pingkangfang alone.
To be continued...