When he returned to the capital, the weather had gradually warmed up. Lu Hanjiang sat in front of the Zhenfusi desk, his head bouncing up and down in a daze. He didn't listen to a word of what Jiang Xian said below.
"My lord, my lord?"
Lu Hanjiang reluctantly opened his eyes, but Jiang Xian stood below him with an embarrassed look on his face: "Sir, we are not in a hurry. Why don't you come back to your humble position another day?"
Lu Hanjiang yawned, waved his hands and said, "No, just tell me, I'm listening."
"yes."
Jiang Xian carefully glanced upward, secretly condensing what he said, and picked out a few key points and said: "I heard some rumors recently that the Five Mountains Sword Sect seems to be planning to hold the Five Mountains Conference again, this time at Hengshan.
We have come forward to organize, but except for the Songshan sect, which has responded, the other three sects have not yet given a clear reply."
"Five Sacred Sword Sect..."
Lu Hanjiang lowered his eyes and tried to cheer up: "Send more people to pay attention to this matter, especially Huashan."
"I understand the humble position."
Jiang Xian quietly moved forward two steps, and seeing that the time was almost up, he said in a low voice: "Your Excellency will be getting married soon, and the brothers have prepared some gifts for you."
"The day has not come yet."
Lu Hanjiang glanced at Jiang Xian and said calmly: "Where have you gone to make a fortune recently?"
"Sir, I see what you said, brothers all abide by the law, how could they do something like that..."
Under Lu Hanjiang's indifferent gaze, Jiang Xian's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he smiled: "Reporting to your lord, when I was ordered to inspect Yaoyue Tower last time, some adults from the court were also involved. Since they were not on the list, so
I took the initiative to let them go due to my humble position, so your lords will naturally reciprocate..."
Lu Hanjiang pressed his forehead: "Okay, I understand, you can go down."
"Thank you, sir." Jiang Xian stepped back with relief.
Yaoyuelou is in the business of feasting and feasting, and it is inevitable that it will be involved with all forces. Jinyiwei's order to arrest people will inevitably affect some unrelated people. What Jiang Xian did is considered common sense. After all, this kind of thing is calculable.
It doesn't count.
After Jiang Xian left, Lu Hanjiang lay on the table and quickly fell asleep. The sleepiness caused by the change of seasons was unavoidable. On the other hand, since he gave the gift he carefully selected to the princess, Commander Meng
The number of calls to his door has increased significantly.
There were very few serious matters, mainly trivial matters, and most of them were related to Princess Yongle. It was obvious that Mr. Meng was very concerned about his niece, so he would call Lu Hanjiang to give her advice whenever anything happened.
In recent days, Lu Hanjiang was often called to Mr. Meng's house for dinner, and the two of them would chat in the study for a long time. Therefore, he was very mentally exhausted and had no energy to torment others for the time being.
The days passed in such a blur, Lu Hanjiang's new home, the Prince Consort's Mansion, which was specially built in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court, was completed, and it was finally the day to welcome the bride.
Only the last step of the three books and six etiquettes was left. As a second generation, this was the first time Lu Hanjiang married a wife. He honestly followed the rules from beginning to end and completed the entire wedding process in a meticulous manner.
He was a member of the clan, so no one from the Lu family came in name. Only Lu Shangshu prepared a generous gift for him in private, so after the worship of heaven and earth, Gaotang had no choice but to let Mr. Meng take his place temporarily.
Most of the guests who came to congratulate the palace were colleagues from the Jinyiwei family, and some adults from the court also came, mostly for Meng Yuan's sake. After a banquet, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
As the groom's official, Lu Hanjiang couldn't avoid the drink today. Fortunately, Master Meng was suppressing him. He himself was also a high-ranking official, so no one dared to pour him much wine.
There was a lot of joy in the house, everyone was changing glasses, and quietly the auspicious time had arrived. Lu Hanjiang said that he was too drunk, and everyone half pushed him to his new house.
The princess's personal maid closed the door. The inside and outside of the room seemed to be two worlds. Lu Hanjiang felt that the endless noise suddenly faded away, and everything around him became quiet.
On the bright red wedding bed, Princess Yongle wore a red hijab and said nothing. The fingertips crossed on her knees were slightly white. As Lu Hanjiang approached step by step, her breathing slowly became rapid.
Are you nervous? He was probably nervous. In fact, Lu Hanjiang was also a little nervous. He walked to the left side of the bed and sat down, took a deep breath, and stretched out his hand to lift Princess Yongle's hijab.
"hiss--"
After seeing the true appearance of the princess, Lu Hanjiang took a deep breath, the alcohol on his head evaporated on the spot, and his mind became clearer than ever before.
"Consort, consort..."
Princess Yongle timidly shouted the shameful name, with two shy red clouds floating on her young face. She finally mustered up the courage to raise her head, and in her surprise, she felt like she had seen this face before somewhere.
In the eyes of outsiders, Lord Lu Hanjiang of the North Town Fusi is a middle-aged man over forty years old. Although I heard that this Lord looks young, who knows if his words are exaggerated.
Therefore, Princess Yongle was extremely resistant to this marriage at first. After knowing that she could not refuse it, she prayed day and night, not asking what kind of Yushu Linfeng the other party was, let alone a gray-haired old man.
When she first saw Lu Hanjiang, who was in his early twenties, Princess Yongle was more surprised than surprised, but soon she realized something was wrong. This face... seemed familiar.
Not-so-distant memories slowly came to mind. Isn't this the "Mr. Xu Zhen" who used words against her in the palace and smeared her face to face?!
Princess Yongle is not old, but she has a clear mind. There is no way that she would go to the wrong wedding room during a royal wedding. Besides, the other party is still wearing the groom's clothes. In other words, this guy is the Lu Hanjiang, and he did it on purpose.
Under the name of "Xu Zhenfu", he was playing tricks on her!
"Oh it's you!"
"It's actually you..."
As early as when the other party recognized him, Lu Hanjiang recognized that Princess Yongle was the one he met in the palace.
The embarrassment of having her vest exposed was secondary. The main reason was that in Lu Hanjiang's imagination, Princess Yongle was at least almost 20 years old.
I thought I was marrying a girl who was as tall as Huangfu Xiaoyuan, but who knew that a child who was about the same age as Shangluo was brought here? She was not even as good as that girl. At least she only looked younger in age.
At least it's up to standard, but the one in front of me is probably only fifteen or sixteen.
Although from the current secular perspective, there is nothing wrong with a girl of this age getting married, but in Lu Hanjiang's eyes, this girl who is fifteen or sixteen years old is just a child.
"You are Princess Yongle, what a coincidence... So, when you were twelve or thirteen, His Majesty was busy looking for a husband for you? Why don't you please Your Majesty so much?" Lu Hanjiang covered his face,
Somewhat helpless.
Hearing this, Yongle clenched his pink fists tightly and said through gritted teeth: "Girls from the twelfth and thirteenth years can get married and have children. Why shouldn't my father choose someone for me... It's you."
, I deliberately pretended not to recognize me, and then, I said...!"
Princess Yongle was so angry that she didn't say anything else.
"No, I actually didn't recognize you at that time..." Lu Hanjiang raised his head, quite speechless. This time, he was misled by his own inherent concepts, and he suffered it all himself, and he couldn't blame others.
It was just that the couple had bowed down, the marriage was done, it was a done deal, so he had no choice but to hold his nose and admit it.
The two stared in silence, and then Princess Yongle angrily took off the beaded crown on her head, then got into the quilt in her wedding clothes, shrank into a corner, and muttered: "I am asleep!"
Lu Hanjiang shook his head, followed suit and took off his hat, lay down with his clothes on the outside, lifted up one side of the quilt to cover him, yawned and closed his eyes: "Good night."
It was a beautiful day, a newlywed couple was sleeping in their clothes, the dragon and phoenix candles were burning quietly on the table, and several maids standing outside the door were at a loss in the cold wind.
The two maids carrying the prison animals and the wine looked at each other in confusion, and invariably looked at the one who had his ear against the door. One of them whispered: "Sister Xiaoli, why is there no movement inside?"
"I, I don't know..." Xiaoli was also confused. She was still talking just now, but why did she suddenly become silent? Could it be that the princess and the consort were at odds? She was confused by her own guess.
Startled.
"Then...when will we be sent in?" The two maids were also worried. According to etiquette, the newlyweds had to eat the same food and drink the same wine, but the two people inside didn't speak, so they couldn't break in.
go in.
"Wait a minute...His Highness should ask us to come in..." Xiaoli said uncertainly.