Zhang Yanling smiled bitterly and said: "Why does the old man make such a request? You will be twenty-two in three years, right? Isn't she afraid that you won't be able to get married by then?"
Tan Ruqing glared at Zhang Yanling and said, "What do you mean? Could it be that you won't marry me in three years?"
Zhang Yanling said: "The world is unpredictable. Who knows what will happen in three years? Maybe you won't like me in three years. Maybe some accident happened in these three years and I won't survive these three years?"
Tan Ruqing changed her color and said, "What unlucky words did you say?"
Zhang Yanling patted her arm and said, "I'm just making an analogy. Anything can happen in three years. Besides, why bother."
Tan Ruqing said angrily: "Grandma wants me to see your character clearly, but she is just afraid that I will jump on the hot bed. She also said that three years is only the longest period, and the decision is up to me. But.
At least one year. Originally, when she passed away, I had to observe mourning for one year. I can't get married to you during this year. You don't know this rule, right?"
Zhang Yanling certainly knows this rule. When a relative dies in the family, it is a rule to observe mourning for one year. Even for court officials, when an elder in the family dies, they must resign from office and observe mourning for at least one year, which is called Dingyou. No happy events can be held during the period of mourning.
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"Could it be that Mr. Lang can't wait even a year?" Seeing Zhang Yanling silent, Tan Ruqing said softly.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "I have no choice but to wait. How can I let you bear the name of unfilial piety. But three years is absolutely impossible. After one year of filial piety is over, I will marry you. This is not negotiable.
Don't try to use the old lady's last words to fiddle with me. You know what kind of person I am, so you don't need to examine me for three years."
Tan Ruqing said angrily: "Why are you so domineering?"
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "I am very reasonable. I can't marry you this year, and I will suffer a huge loss. This year you can move to my house, so that I can see you every day."
Tan Ruqing smiled, shook his head and said: "In this year, I will sort out the medical manuscripts left by my grandmother and improve the "Miscellaneous Talks of Female Doctors" written by her. When she died, she asked me to inherit her medical skills.
, I will help the world and save people in the future and be a good doctor. She has been treating diseases and saving people all her life. I am her only descendant, and I must fulfill her legacy just like her. I cannot live here with you, it is not clean enough."
Zhang Yanling nodded slightly, he was just talking, he knew that Tan Ruqing would not live in his house.
The two talked about each other, and they didn't know how time flies. They met again after a long separation, and something unexpected happened again. Now they can finally get together to stay together. The love is strong and the love is lingering. Tan Ruqing has suffered from the pain of losing a relative. In the past three months,
I came to Nanjing to bury my grandmother and stayed at the funeral for three months. I was in a very miserable mood. Now that I can return to Zhang Yanling, my heart relaxes and my mood gradually becomes happy. Although she is described as emaciated, she has regained her radiant beauty.
Zhang Yanling was even more happy. Originally, the wedding was approaching, and she had no choice but to marry Xu Wanyi, which made her feel depressed. But when Tan Ruqing came back to her, she immediately felt that the sky was clear and she was in a good mood.
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"Oh, it's already noon and I'm already hungry. It's time for us to go eat. This girl Xiaozhu didn't even come to remind us."
After another sweet kiss, the spring sun at noon stung Tan Ruqing's eyes, reminding Tan Ruqing of time.
Zhang Yanling stood up with a smile and said, "Yes, it's already noon. Let's go eat."
Tan Ruqing smiled and walked ahead. A gust of wind blew by, and suddenly another rain of flowers fell on the peach tree next to the pear tree above her head. Tan Ruqing reached out her hand in the rain of flowers in surprise, and whispered: "It's so beautiful.
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Zhang Yanling was so fascinated by the sight. Among the flowers and rain stood his beloved, how could he not be obsessed with this scene?
Tan Ruqing saw Zhang Yanling in a daze, looked back and said with a smile: "Idiot, what's wrong? Have you become popular with poetry again? By the way, the poem you recited just now is good, was it you who wrote it?"
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "I don't have that talent. Those words were written by a friend of mine named Nalan Rongruo."
Tan Ruqing smiled and said: "Just tell me, when will Mr. Hou learn to write lyrics? Those lyrics are really good."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Why can't I write lyrics? Listen carefully, I will write a song for you."
Tan Ruqing pursed her lips and smiled but said nothing.
Zhang Yanling coughed and chanted: "The rain beats the pear blossoms behind closed doors. They live up to their youth and live in vain. Who cares about pleasure and pleasure? The soul is in ecstasy under the flowers, and the soul is in ecstasy under the moon. The eyebrows are filled with sorrow, and the sun is full of frowns, and there are thousands of crying marks, and tens of thousands of them.
Crying marks. When I look at the sky at dawn and the clouds at dusk, I miss you when I walk and miss you when I sit down."
Tan Ruqing's eyes flashed, and she looked at Zhang Yanling for a long time, unable to speak.
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On the eighth day of April, an auspicious day, a grand wedding is about to take place.
This marriage has aroused all kinds of discussions in the capital from the day it was concluded. The marriage between Dingguo Duke and Jianchang Marquis has been seen through by interested people from the beginning. This is obviously a marriage based on interests.
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But what if you know the inside story? No one denies that this must be a luxurious wedding. This is a marriage between two top noble families in the Ming Dynasty, and it must be an extremely luxurious and lively wedding. No matter whether it is for high or low reasons,
Regardless of the purpose, we are extremely concerned about this.
From a few days ago, the focus of discussion in the capital has been on this wedding. They speculated on how grand and luxurious the scene would be and how lively the wedding would be. Will the queen and the emperor be present? Those rare things in the capital are rarely seen on weekdays.
I wonder if I can see the prominent figures.
Of course, some people's focus is not on the wedding itself. What they need to find are the black spots of the wedding so that they can find an angle to criticize afterwards. For example, if the wedding is too extravagant, they will use this as a counterexample.
When appropriate, compare the poor life of the people in the Ming Dynasty, and even use the emperor's diligence and frugality as an example to criticize.
But regardless of everyone's attitude, whether they were looking forward to joy or hating and despising it, the marriage still happened as scheduled.
Early in the morning, Zhang Yanling wore a bright red wedding robe, a black hairpin and a black gauze-winged hat. She rode a horse with her servants, carried a sedan chair, and went to the Dingguo Palace to welcome her bride. At Chen hour, she arrived outside the gate of the Dingguo Palace.
, after meeting with the father-in-law, mother-in-law, elders, brothers and sisters, and presenting various wedding gifts, Xu Yande carried his sister Xu Wanyi out of the room and brought her to the hall.
According to common sense, the bride should bid farewell to her parents and elders in tears before getting into the sedan chair. However, Xu Wanyi did not do this. Although the princess was crying like a tearful person,
Xu Wanyi just knelt down and kowtowed, then put her hijab on her head and walked out the door. This overwhelmed the Xi Pos who were ready to offer words of comfort and held back all the good words.
Zhang Yanling saw this and knew that it was Xu Wanyi's resentment. This marriage was not what she wanted in her heart. She was forced to do it, so she acted very indifferently.
Zhang Yanling felt the same way about this, and felt sad in her heart. She felt a bit like "we are all the same people in the world".