Time has entered August, and the autumn wind is getting cooler. Although the sun is still a little hot at noon, I have to wear thicker autumn clothes morning and night.
The Department of Internal Affairs presented the etiquette and regulations for the weddings of the three princes and concubines, as well as the official wives sent to the homes of each prince and concubine when they welcomed the bride. The three princes were getting married at the same time, and naturally the eldest prince was the leader. The head of the Department of Internal Affairs, Prince Consort Tang, was also accompanying the prince that day.
Those who came to Lu Gong's Mansion to welcome the bride in person, Lan Gong's Mansion arranged to be the deputy director of the Internal Affairs Department, and the Xu family had to take a step back and be a fifth-grade official.
Empress Dowager Lan's fingernails scratched the name of Lang Guan'er, and said to the Prince Consort of the Tang Dynasty, "The rank of the fifth-grade Lang is too low."
There was no way to get the best of both worlds for the prince-in-law of the Tang Dynasty. "The son-in-law will be the third-rank official, the deputy general will be the fourth-rank official, and the next one will be the Wang Langguan."
"I know that you have always acted properly, so let's do this. The Xu family is headed by Mrs. Yong'an Hou in the wedding ceremony list, so it is also decent to ask Yong'an Hou to follow Ashen to the Xu family to marry."
"This is a good idea, Queen Mother, but I can't find a solution even if I think about it for a long time." The Prince Consort of the Tang Dynasty agreed.
Empress Dowager Lan smiled, "Three princes are getting married together. This is a grand event that our royal family has not seen in a hundred years. But you must be careful. The dowry list of each prince and concubine will be handed over to the Department of Internal Affairs first. You can present it during the introduction. The Ai family will ask for it.
Take a look."
"yes."
"You can ask the emperor again. If the emperor says yes, then let's do it this way."
"yes."
The Prince Consort of the Tang Dynasty stepped back, and Empress Dowager Lan tapped her smooth fingertips on the armrest a few times, calling out to Nanny Lin, "I don't know what Ashen's preparations are, let's go over and have a look."
The transparent glazed window was half open, and the thin wind filtered through the bright silver fine screen window. Mu Anzhi was writing at his desk. After hearing the palace servant's reply, Mu Anzhi put down his pen and stood up. He saw Empress Dowager Lan supporting Nanny Lin and came in. Mu Anzhi
An Zhixiao, "Why is grandma here?"
"Let me come over to see how you are cleaning up here?" Queen Mother Lan moved closer and asked, "What are you writing?"
"Write about the official system of our dynasty. Yuhua didn't know much about the official system. She asked me what book she should read. There was no suitable book for her at the time, so I simply wrote one for her." When Mu Anzhi saw Empress Dowager Lan reading the manuscript, she asked me what book she should read.
Pick it up and hand it to Queen Mother Lan.
Queen Mother Lan smiled, "You brothers, the younger ones can't tell, but the older ones, I just like you, you have muscles and bones."
"If Grandma Huang likes me, she thinks I'm fine with everything."
"It was good." Queen Mother Lan flipped through two pages, put down the manuscript and asked, "Why are you still the same here, without preparing anything?"
"What's the preparation for this? Isn't it the wedding on the tenth day of the lunar month? Just change into those red curtains and red silk." Mu Anzhi said.
"Ouch, we're about to have a new couple, can you make some plans?" Empress Dowager Lan casually said, "You don't look like a hostess in this room. It looks like a boy's room. Your desk is not allowed here.
Now put it in the house, move it to the study room, and replace it with a dressing table. Put away all your swords, guns, swords and halberds, and hang two pictures of beauties. Let’s hang a boy holding a carp. It’s more vulgar and auspicious.”
"Can we still watch it?" Mu Anzhi muttered.
"Why can't you watch it? It's good." Empress Dowager Lan personally directed the palace people, telling them how to clean up the wedding room and make room for the princess to put the dowry.
Queen Mother Lan has been in the palace for many years, and her skill in decorating the house is much better than that of the palace people. She just casually arranged it, and even though the people below were busy running around and breaking their legs, the room was extraordinarily different and had a lot more warmth.
The weather was nice, and Queen Mother Lan was sitting and having tea under the plane tree in the courtyard, accompanied by Mu Anzhi. Queen Mother Lan said, "I heard that Yuhua went to pray with you that day and drew an excellent lot."
"How come you know everything about the imperial grandmother?"
"I heard what your aunt said when she entered the palace, it was a sign of success."
"She is very lucky. I heard from her that since she was a child, she has never been lucky in the earth temple in her hometown. She has always been lucky."
"Wow!" Queen Mother Lan patted the bamboo couch and praised, "I can tell at a glance that that girl is lucky."
"Can this still be seen?"
"You young people don't understand. Although Yuhua grew up in the countryside when she was young, look at her. She is born with courage. She is generous and generous to everyone she meets. She is neither cowardly nor arrogant. She is who she is."
There was a smile in Queen Mother Lan's eyes, "Many ladies are not as calm as her. God gave her such a talent, so she won't let her down. You see, she will marry our royal family. You two are destined to be together."
.”
Mu Anzhi said modestly, "That's okay."
Queen Mother Lan gave him a smile and said, "Let the Secretary of Internal Affairs come over tomorrow to set up the colorful tent, and the garden must be tidied up, otherwise I'm afraid it won't be able to be opened."
"No, two banquets of wine are enough. Everyone is not allowed to gather together to go to the prince's place. I only have people coming here, that is, three melons and two dates. Don't make such a big pomp. It will be even more embarrassing if there is no one there."
"Why is there no one? Yong'an Marquis and the others have to come, as well as the court officials and people from the Xu family." Empress Dowager Lan roughly counted, "The prince's place will be more lively, and there will be fifty tables there.
, you and your second brother each have thirty seats here."
"I don't need it here. Five seats at most are enough. Don't deceive yourself. I have offended Prime Minister Pei a long time ago. The Lu family and I are also sworn enemies. Which civil servants and generals will come? What is Marquis Yong'an doing here? He and I
Not familiar either."
"I told your uncle to ask Marquis Yong'an to go with you when you welcome the bride."
Mu Anzhi did not refuse. Anyway, the Xu family invited Mrs. Yong'an Hou to comb sister Yuhua's hair. Mu Anzhi insisted on only serving five tables of drinks. Queen Mother Lan tried her best to persuade him, but the angry Queen Mother Lan said that he was a
Strong head.
The courtyard outside the palace.
Mu Anzhi made tea and placed it next to Li Yuhua's hand. Li Yuhua put the snacks that Mu Anzhi had brought out on a plate, and asked Grandma Sun, Yunyan, Xiaoyi and the others to eat the rest themselves. Li Yuhua first took a piece of ghee soaked snails and cooked them with Mu Anzhi.
Talking about his own dowry, "I saw the dowry list and it is quite complete, but it cannot be compared with the Lu family and the Lan family. The Lu family has a hundred and twenty-eight dowry, the Lan family also has a hundred and twenty dowry, and my family only has eighty dowry.
There must be a lot of gossip. Third brother, even if you don’t care, I will tell you."
"Your father is like that. He has tried his best to give you this dowry." Mu Anzhi also smoothly told Li Yuhua that the wedding reception might be a little deserted. Li Yuhua understood very well, "It's okay, we just met the prince.
If we bump into each other, these officials must go to the prince's place first. We should have fewer people here." He then asked Mu Anzhi how many guests he had.
"Who knows?" Mu Anzhi lay down on the armchair casually.
Li Yuhua asked, "When you get married and have a drink, you have to send invitations. You have to send as many posts as you want."
"These matters are handled by the Secretary of Internal Affairs."
Li Yuhua saw that he didn't care about the soreness after eating cold food, so he slapped his leg hard, "Get up, let's talk about serious business here!"
"What's wrong?" Mu Anzhi sat up lazily.
Li Yuhua said, "It doesn't matter if the Ministry of Internal Affairs sends a post. If you have particularly close friends, of course you have to write a post yourself."
"You still don't understand."
"If you explain it to me in detail, I'll understand."
Mu Anzhi roughly explained the affairs of the court to Li Yuhua. Basically, the military generals were headed by the Lu family, and Mu Anzhi and the Lu family were incompatible. The civil officials were naturally headed by the cabinet minister Pei Ruyu, who was Pei Ruyu's biological grandfather, named Mu Anzhi.
I have already offended him.
Among the royal relatives, he doesn't have anyone close to him. This is not because Mu Anzhi has a weird temperament. He has been studying and has no time to make friends with these people. Besides, which of the dignitaries in the imperial capital is not as smart as a monkey? Mu Anzhi's mother
The family is embarrassed, and no one usually takes the initiative to make friends with him.
Ever since Mu Anzhi scolded the censor, no one dared to get close to him.
When Li Yuhua heard what Mu Anzhi said about offending Prime Minister Pei, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Third brother, you are so righteous."
Li Yuhua was very thoughtful, but the key was that she was embarrassed. Li Yuhua asked, "Well, you and Pei Zhuangyuan have been studying since childhood. The gentleman who taught you how to study must have a good relationship with you."
"My future is in jeopardy, and I'm afraid that I'll harm Scholar Tang."
"Looking at what you said, if you don't associate with Xueshi Tang, you won't implicate him. A sensible person knows that we are innocent, so we can't implicate him. If you are a confused person, even if you don't associate with him, he will still have to tell lies and spread rumors.
Well, let’s just keep our interactions honest.” Li Yuhua rolled his eyes and thought, “Are Tang Scholar and Tang’s Consort’s family relatives?”
"They are of the same race."
"That would be even better. You can write a post and send it to Xueshi Tang in person. This is your sincerity. We are just friends and we take it seriously, so we will not be in vain as a friend."
Mu Anzhi thought for a while and agreed.
"Third brother, tomorrow you can send me a blank invitation from the Department of Internal Affairs. I also have friends to invite."
"Who do you want to invite?"
"We can't say it now, we'll keep it a secret for now."
Early the next morning, Mu Anzhi sent Xiao Yi to deliver a blank invitation from the Department of Internal Affairs to Li Yuhua, as well as a box of ghee-soaked snails made in the womb. Li Yuhua left Xiao Yi to drink tea, and Xiao Yi left.
Li Yuhua held the wedding invitation with dark clouds, dragons and gold patterns on the red background, thought for a while and wrote:
I have never expressed my gratitude for the previous helping hand. Although I don’t understand the reason, I feel very grateful in my heart. On the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, I am going to marry the third prince. I look forward to visiting Yu’an Palace in person and drinking thousands of cups of wedding wine to express my gratitude for my kindness.
Li Yuhua put the wedding invitation in the worship box and sent Yun Yan to deliver it to the Luhou Mansion.
Marquis Lu has not had any contact with the Lu family for a long time, and has broken off all relations with the Xu family for a long time, but why did he suddenly ask Yong'an Marquis and Mrs. Yong'an Marquis to be her benefactor? It's not for the sake of the Xu family, so it can't be Lu Marquis.
If you suddenly feel kindhearted, the reason is worth pondering.
In Li Yuhua's opinion, Marquis Lu was in a high position and had very little contact with the Lu family. Even if he could not win over such a person, he still had to give it a try. As for whether Marquis Lu was kind to her, Li Yuhua had no idea.
No matter, because of Li Yuhua's face, she had benefited, so she forced herself to think that if Marquis Lu was kind to her, she would have a reason to associate with him.
Come and go, come and go, once and for all, she can build up friendships shamelessly.
So Li Yuhua sent an invitation to Marquis Lu.
Li Yuhua had already thought about it. It wouldn't matter if Marquis Lu didn't come. Anyway, she was thick-skinned and not afraid of being rejected.
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