Shocking news continued in the capital. The second prince was shipwrecked, and rebellions broke out in the capital. Then the eldest prince committed suicide after causing a farce of mob support at the Huairou Imperial Manor. It is suspected that both of them died, and the queen also died. In this situation,
At a time when people's hearts are in a state of flux, the marriage of Zhu Tingfang, the eldest son of Duke Zhao, is undoubtedly a rare joyous event in the capital in recent times.
As for those who thought that Zhu Tingfang spent all day in the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, and once spread the word that the Zhu family might postpone the wedding because of the death of the two princes to avoid suspicion, they saw that the Weinan Palace sent a large team of people to deliver dowries the day before.
, seeing the huge procession of welcoming the bride at Zhao Guogong's mansion again that afternoon, he shut up his mouth, but in turn, he accused the Zhu family of their extravagance.
But this mentality of saying grapes are sour when they can't eat them was naturally ignored by most people. At this moment, countless passers-by were eagerly watching the groom who was leading the wedding procession in Duke Zhao's Mansion.
Some people regretted that Zhu Tingfang, who was originally handsome, had a scar on his face, which inevitably disfigured his appearance; some people envied that the eldest son of Zhao Guogong had a rich family and a prosperous official career, and now he was going to marry a daughter of a famous family, but they were retorted that the Duke of Weinan
She is a surrendered minister, and her married daughter is also a concubine. She is not worthy of the honor and wealth of the Duke of Zhao, nor is she worthy of Zhu Tingfang, the eldest son.
Of course, more people were attracted by the gorgeous clothes and tall horses of the wedding procession. They discussed the cost of this grand wedding, the size of the dowry of the daughter of the Weinan Prince's House the day before yesterday, and talked about which family made the most money.
Compensation. But the main concern of the eldest girls and young wives was why Zhang Shou did not accompany Zhu Tingfang to welcome the bride, so that they could have a quick look at it.
And Zhang Shou, the prospective son-in-law they were talking about, was helping to welcome the guests at Duke Zhao's mansion. He was smiling so much that his cheeks were almost sore. Even though the wedding hadn't started yet, his smile had already turned into a standard fake smile, because he
He really couldn't stop laughing. Especially when he came and went here on weekdays, he had never seen any relatives from the Zhu family come to the door, but today a lot of them seemed to appear out of thin air.
The uncle who claimed to be Zhu Tingfang, the uncle who claimed to be Zhu Tingfang, and the cousins of his future father-in-law Zhu Jing also came, which only made him dazzled... Even if he could still recognize faces and remember names, being treated like that
Many people passed by in front of me one after another, and in the end it was a bit too much.
The only good thing is that although these Zhu family relatives will stay until Zhu Ying gets married, they will only attend the Zhu family's banquet and will not go to Zhang Yuan. He will not have to go through the memory of calling him again on his wedding day.
dilemma.
At this time, he couldn't help but miss the fourth prince who was known to have a photographic memory - if there was a naughty boy around to help him, maybe he could save some effort. At this moment, he heard a dry laugh, followed closely by Zhang
Chen appeared in front of him swaggeringly.
Seeing that the steward following Zhang Chen avoided them very knowingly and took a few boys to deliver the gift list to the steward of the Zhu family, Zhang Shou took a look at Zhang Chen's clothes and couldn't help but start joking.
"Usually you are either sapphire blue, vermilion, or emerald. I thought you would wear bright red today to compete with Mr. Zhu, the groom's official. I didn't expect you to be quite low-key, wearing such azure!
"
Don't show off to Mr. Zhu, it's not like I don't think I have enough life! Zhang Chen sneered, but his face looked very arrogant: "I don't wear it for those guys who dress up, of course I can wear whatever I want.
Whatever you wear, you can wear bright red at any time. Why wear it today? I don’t want to compete with Boss Zhu! But you, Mr. Zhu..."
Zhang Chen glanced at Zhang Shou with a strange expression, and said with a wicked smile: "You usually wear all kinds of cyan, but today you are wearing such a purple robe. Miss Zhu didn't prepare it for you, right?
Don’t you want to steal Boss Zhu’s limelight?”
I know you still say it?
Zhang Shou laughed angrily, but did not answer the question, but said slowly: "But you have already made a bet with Zheng Wei, and you are quite happy in the end. Do you know that Zheng Wei is not coming today?"
, I took Xiao Huahua and Xiao Cheng as companions, and the three of them went to a poor residential area in the capital to conduct a survey on the living conditions of school-age children."
Zhang Chen's eyes widened immediately. What school age...survival...what investigation? He couldn't connect this series of words together, so he was already a little confused. But soon he woke up with a jolt.
He was furious. We had agreed to a one-month bet, but those three damn boys dared to sneak away!
Before Zhang Chen could question the fairness of this, Zhang Shou chuckled and said: "Don't worry, didn't I tell you that this gambling battle is not in the capital, lest you all think it's unfair if you win or lose later. But,
Zheng Jing and those two boys both know that they need to investigate first to gain experience. Is it really okay for you to wander around so leisurely? Don't look back and lose..."
"Stop!" Zhang Chen decisively interrupted Zhang Shou, and then complained, "This is not even a competition. Young sir, you don't want to embolden other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige! I just didn't expect those three little guys to be so treacherous.
!Hmph, Mr. Zhu is getting married today, and I can’t be like them and not even show my face. I will go and check it out starting tomorrow.”
By the way, he found a place where poor children gathered and gave a lecture first... He didn't believe that he was not as good as those three boys!
Watching Zhang Chen enter, Zhang Shou continued his duties as the best man. Of course, he was not the only best man on this day, but compared to Zhu Er and several others, the guests who came earlier were more inclined to be friendly.
He chatted for a few words. But he had long since passed the time to deal seriously with important people when he saw them. Besides, even the emperor had seen too many people, so although he was able to deal with them well, he felt tired.
Why did these guests leave Zhu Er and others there so much that they could fish? Why should they not be so obvious?
On today's occasion, even though Zhu Ying was usually very carefree, she couldn't go out to accompany Zhang Shou. But she was worried about her, and she was a little annoyed by being surrounded by a bunch of female relatives, so she simply got up and sat next to the Madam, and said this
A grandmother rubs and rubs hard.
She was so pestered that she had no choice but to send Mrs. Li out to investigate. When she learned that Zhang Shou was so pestered that he didn't even have time to drink water, she immediately sighed.
So, after a while, Mother Li came to the gate with a smile and said that Mrs. Tai said that all the ladies inside wanted to see my uncle-in-law, so she politely invited Zhang Shou to Qing'an Hall. At this time, the lady who just touched
After having enough fish, Zhu Er and several other groomsmen couldn't help but look at each other. Although they were not as tired as Zhang Shou, they had still stood for most of the day!
So, Zhu Er immediately received the collective attention of others. Your serious son is not as good as Zhang Shou, your son-in-law. Your son is too worthless!
Zhu Er, however, stared back angrily.
If your family has a son-in-law like Zhang Shou, take care of your parents and see that all of you sons hate iron! Besides, I am not the only one who is miserable to have such a powerful brother-in-law like Zhang Shou. I also have a simply
Not a human being’s big brother!
As soon as he followed Mother Li into the Qing'an Hall, Zhang Shou was almost dazzled. Although the unmarried daughters had all been ordered by the Tai Furen to go to the back hall for temporary refuge, at this time, sitting around the Tai Furen's left and right hands were a group of people of different grades.
There is only one wife, but there are still a lot of people.
Looking around, Zhang Shou could only see Zhai's clothes embroidered with gold threads and hairpins inlaid with gold and jade. They were shining brightly under the light of countless lamps and candles, so that even the faces looked exactly the same. So he had to start again.
After another round of acknowledging relatives and people, and accepting compliments and praises from others at the same time, my ears almost became calloused, and my cheeks almost became sore from smiling.
In the end, it was Jiuniang who was forced to come forward again due to Zhu Ying's repeated complaints. Overtly, she made an excuse to let Zhang Shou go out to continue receiving guests, but secretly asked people to free up the small Baoxia behind Qing'an Hall and let Zhang Shou.
Shou temporarily went there to rest, which allowed him to be relieved.
Zhang Shou finally had time to take a drink of water and take a breath. He didn't sit there for long when he saw the door curtain lifted and Zhu Ying flashed in. The eldest lady was wearing a big red silk brocade jacket with phoenix and bird patterns today.
She wore a red pleated skirt with orchid-grain piping, and her complexion was extremely charming. I don't know if it was because of the earth dragon in the room, or because Zhu Tingfang was happy about this marriage.
The man stepped forward quickly with a smile on his face, but he clasped his hands and said, "Thankfully I went to rescue you, otherwise, Shou, you would have escaped those guys at the door, but you would not have been able to escape these ladies who like to ask questions the most."
"Yes, I was not so tired when I was helping to welcome guests at the door just now. These ladies are really the most terrifying people in the world." Zhang Shou wiped his forehead with lingering fear, and then he also laughed.
"But the guests I received at the door today were really interesting. There were actually people who helped me to fight against the injustice. It was really too irritating that Zhao Guogong's mansion asked the future Jiao guest to help be the best man in front of the door. Then he
He boasted in front of me about his daughter, and introduced her later."
"Who is so bold as to dare to attack you?"
Seeing that Zhu Ying's eyebrows suddenly stood up and she was very angry, he smiled and said: "Yingying, what are you in a hurry? I haven't finished speaking yet! The man said that his daughter has a gentle personality, but she is too shy.
, I heard that you and Princess Yongping are tossing about girls’ studies now, and he hopes that you can bring his daughter with you. He doesn’t ask to raise someone as generous and cheerful as you, but he just wants to not be so shy when dealing with others. "
"ah!"
Zhu Ying just woke up from a dream and realized that Zhang Shou was actually teasing...or teasing her! Although the more they got along with her, the more she discovered that Zhang Shou was not the kind of gentleman with a gentle and elegant temperament.
After playing like this, she couldn't help but become angry and immediately waved her fist and said: "How dare you play with me, Ah Shou, you are so bad!"
"Isn't it true that you are too tired and have no energy, so you can only talk nonsense?"
Zhang Shou blinked innocently, but he slumped down on the Arhat's bed very ungracefully. Although Zhu Ying didn't know what "Ge You Lying" meant, she would not mistake him for this tired and paralyzed posture.
He quickly came forward and sat down next to the person, and his slightly angry tone suddenly became softer.
"Then I...I'll go get a beauty hammer and beat it for you?"
Even Zhang Shou didn't expect that Zhu Ying would say this, and he was stunned on the spot. However, he saw Zhu Ying floating away as lightly as a butterfly, and when she appeared in front of him again, she actually held a handful in her hand.
Beauty Chui - just looking at the scene of her juggling this small thing in the palm of her hand, Zhang Shou had no doubt that in Zhu Ying's hands, it would definitely hurt to hit someone.
Therefore, he raised his hands and wanted to surrender and say that he was just teasing you, but he didn't expect that after Zhu Ying sat down next to him, she pushed him to lie on his stomach without any explanation, and then gently tapped him on the back.
He stood up. It was made of cork, wrapped in thick silk cotton in the middle, and the outermost layer was the beauty hammer of a splendid beauty. When it hit the muscles, he couldn't help but think of the four words "Beauty En Zhong".
But this charming thought only passed by in a flash, because Zhu Ying suddenly and playfully hit him hard on the thick part of his thigh, and then let out a clear laugh: "Apart from my parents and grandmother, I have only been hit by my eldest brother.
My second brother is not so lucky! If it weren’t for the fact that you worked so hard for your eldest brother today, I wouldn’t take advantage of you so much!”
"Okay, okay, I know Yingying, you are the best!" Zhang Shou found that the beauty hammer was tapping on several places on his back like a dragonfly tapping water. The tapping that initially could relieve muscle soreness now became...
After scratching the itch, he quickly said, "I will also give you a beating in the future, okay? Put it away quickly, don't let others see it..."
"What's wrong! I asked Mother Li for the beauty just now!" After Zhu Ying finished speaking, she found that Zhang Shou seemed to be stiff all over, so she smiled and said, "Anyway, I will be here in a few days.
I’m going to marry you, so what are you afraid of! No outsiders will break in here..."
However, as if her words were too full, a cough came from outside at this time, and then the voice of Mother Li said: "Miss, Mr. Shou."
Seeing that Zhu Ying was dumbfounded, Zhang Shou, who had been sitting upright just now, sat upright, got off the Arhat bed and walked to the door. He opened the curtain and asked Mother Li outside with a nod and a smile: "Brother Zhu is here to welcome the bride."
came back?"
"Yes." Mother Li did not raise her head to see what Zhu Ying was doing inside. Of course, she would not say that when she was guarding outside, she could clearly hear the teasing and joking inside. She lowered her hands and lowered her head to cover it up.
With a smile on his face, he said in a calm voice, "Since the eldest young master is back to welcome his bride, although the second young master and the others have enough manpower, Mr. Shou must go there."
Zhu Ying immediately threw down the beauty in her hand in annoyance, thinking that it was because the ladies talked too much that Zhang Shou didn't have a good rest at all, and she was quarreling with him just now, let alone
Give her a few good beatings. But her eldest brother's marriage was also a big deal, so she could only watch as Zhang Shou turned to smile and nodded at her, and then went straight out.
At this time, Mother Li had just come in. Seeing her eldest daughter looking miserable, she smiled and said, "Miss, you should also prepare to go to the new house. The eldest mistress has just entered. If you, my sister-in-law, don't go,
It would be boring if those women who are flocking to their new houses say something unpleasant."