In the next few days, the Rongguo Mansion and the Duke of Yan's Mansion began to become lively.
After people nearby inquired, they found out that the Jia family was arranging the marriage between Jia Ke and Shi Xiangyun.
Although Jia Ke only took a concubine this time, Shi Xiangyun was Jia Mu's natal family, so the arrangements were very lively.
After Jia Ke got the notice, he didn't take it to heart. After all, it was not a serious marriage. He was also busy with official duties. He just wanted to bow to Shi Xiangyun on that day and then enter the bridal chamber. There was no other matter.
Could it be that he couldn't handle it himself?
Although Jia Ke didn't take this matter to heart, the officials above and below couldn't help but take it to heart.
Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jia Ke is Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone on the street knows it.
Therefore, countless officials in the world are waiting to curry favor with Jia Ke, and this is the right time for Jia Ke to take a concubine.
So on the day when Jia Ke took a concubine, countless officials came to congratulate them. The small street of Rongning Street could no longer accommodate so many adults, so Liu Yu, who maintained order, could only give these congratulations outside Rongning Street.
The adults went to the carriages and sedan chairs to arrange places, but these adults could only enter the vicinity of Rongguo Duke's Mansion on foot.
Speaking of which, these adults are also pampered. If they were allowed to walk in elsewhere, many people would be furious, but now these people queue up one by one and obey the rules, and then go to Yan Guogong.
The gift list was delivered at the door of the house.
And Jia Ke is now sitting in the Wuwei Hall, the main hall of the Duke of Yan's mansion, accepting the worship of officials who came to congratulate him.
Ordinary officials were not qualified to come to see Jia Ke alone. They were only arranged to come together in groups of four or five. Jia Ke just nodded when he saw them.
For older officials, Jia Ke would just give him a hand. When he reached the rank of Minister of Military and Aircraft of the Six Ministries, Jia Ke would stand up to greet him.
When the officials were almost here, they held a big banquet in Wuwei Hall and in the yard in front of Wuwei Hall.
Since the Chinese New Year is coming soon and the weather is very cold, the Jia family did not serve any delicacies at this banquet. Instead, a large copper hot pot was placed on each table, and various dishes were served like water.
Jia Ke was greeting the dignitaries who came to celebrate. From time to time, a young boy came over to report.
"Uncle, the old lady wants you to come over."
Jia Ke was stunned after hearing this. Today is a happy day for him. The old lady saw her just now, but now she has something to do and she wants to greet him again.
"Is there someone important coming to the old lady?"
The boy looked at Jia Ke carefully, then lowered his head and said, "It seems that my aunt's uncle came to congratulate me."
Jia Ke frowned after hearing this. It was the villager's second uncle who had come to join him. Now he was happily hugging money in Yangzhou, so it turned out to be Shi Xiangyun's third uncle, Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding.
However, this man has never had any contact with Rongguo Mansion, and he is the emperor's employee, but since he is here, he still wants to see him.
Jia Ke then followed the boy to Jia Mu's room. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Jia Mu sitting in the middle, accompanied by a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance.
Jia Ke didn't hesitate and went over to salute Jia's mother first.
Seeing Jia Ke coming, Jia Mu smiled and pointed at the middle-aged man next to her and said, "This can be considered your uncle, Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding. Go up and see him."
Before Jia Ke could step forward to salute, Shi Ding, who was sitting nearby, quickly stood up and rushed to salute Jia Ke in front of him.
Jia Ke didn't dare to ask him to salute him in front of Jia Mu, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support Shi Ding, and then bowed to Shi Ding.
Mother Jia looked at Jia Ke's performance from above and nodded, feeling that her grandson had not embarrassed herself.
After Jia Ke saluted, he and Shi Ding sat down separately, and then they exchanged some compliments. They were enthusiastic on the surface, but there was a deep sense of alienation in them.
Jia's mother also noticed that the two were uncomfortable with each other, so she sent Jia Ke away after they exchanged a few words.
As soon as Jia Ke returned to the table, he was stopped by the nobles, who forced Jia Ke to drink. After drinking a few glasses, Jia Ke went out to toast the guests at each table, and then returned to Wuwei Hall.
I thanked these military ministers and the six ministers, and then returned to the back house.
At this time, in the Duke of Yan's Mansion, there was a gorgeously decorated courtyard with lanterns and festoons, and the whole courtyard was filled with pink tones.
In the main room of the courtyard, Shi Xiangyun was wearing a pink wedding dress and was already sitting on the bed. Standing next to her was his maid, Cui Lu.
Then there were still a few girls standing in the room that Qin Keqing had just transferred to Shi Xiangyun. Each of these people were gorgeously decorated, with delicate faces, and they looked clean and tidy.
Although Cui Wei had followed Shi Xiangyun to Rongguo Mansion several times, this was the first time she came to the courtyard where Jia Ke lived.
Although she was standing next to Shi Xiangyun, her eyes were looking around. She saw that the house had carved beams and embroidered pillars, cloud-top sandalwood as the beams, crystal jade as the lamp, pearls as the curtains, and gold as the pillar base. The six-foot-wide agarwood broadside
A crocodile twirled tent hangs beside the bed, embroidered with pearls and silver threads and begonia flowers all over the tent. When the wind blows, the twirls move like a fantasy sea falling into the clouds. There is a sapphire fragrant pillow on the couch, covered with soft silkworm ice cream.
, stacked jade belts and Luo quilts.
She could never dream of such a scene.
Now I can't help but feel lucky for their young ladies. Being able to marry into such a family and live a life of fine clothing and fine food is considered a good thing.
Cuixi looked around for a while and saw that it was not early, so she gently said to their young lady Shi Xiangyun: "Miss, it's almost time to light the lamp. Are you hungry? I'll bring you some sweet-scented osmanthus cake."
Shi Xiangyun was very nervous now and couldn't think of eating, so she didn't say anything and just stretched out her hand to grab Cuixi's sleeve.
Cui Wei then understood that Shi Xiangyun was telling him not to do anything, so he could only continue to stand there boredly, waiting for Jia Ke to come.
Now when the lanterns were first lit, the old lady outside suddenly said: "My father-in-law is here. Madam Ru is waiting for you in the house."
Then I heard footsteps and the sound of the door opening.
After Jia Ke saw the house, the other maids in the house quickly gave Jia Ke a blessing.
Jia Ke waved his hand and asked them to leave. Now only Cui Lu and Shi Xiangyun were left in the room.
Brother Jia is taking a concubine today, not getting married, so there are no conventional customs.
Jia Ke came directly to Shi Xiangyun and gently raised his hijab with a bamboo pole.
This was the first time I took a closer look at Shi Xiangyun's appearance. I saw that Shi Xiangyun's face was pink and white, and his eyes were cheerful. Although his face was immature, there was a sense of chivalry on his face. He was heroic and generous, bright and warm, optimistic and open-minded, and unrestrained.
And birthday.
Jia Ke was stunned when he saw Shi Xiangyun like this.
But Cui Lu, who was standing next to her, smiled crazily.
Jia Ke was awakened by this, and Shi Xiangyun's face started to turn red now.
In order to lighten the atmosphere, Jia Ke smiled and said to Shi Xiangyun: "My sister has been sitting here all day, but she is a little hungry."
Shi Xiangyun raised his head and said cheerfully: "Yes, it's boring to sit here all day, and my stomach has already rumbled with hunger. But there are still those maids and sisters I don't know standing next to me. I'm afraid they will laugh at me. This
I have endured it until now.”
Jia Ke looked at Shi Xiangyun without hiding it, but opened his eyes wide and talked to him with great affection.
The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling really have their own benefits, and they are truly the treasures of the world.
Next, Jia Ke helped Shi Xiangyun to the table next to her and let her eat and drink to cushion her stomach.
Shi Xiangyun seemed to be really hungry, and she ate a lot at the table. Finally, when Jia Ke saw that she had eaten too much, he was afraid that she would eat too much, so he pulled her away.
Finally, Cui Lu made the bed and quilt for Shi Xiangyun and Jia Ke.
The two men then blew out the red candles, and Jia Ke played a game of dragon and phoenix. In modern times, this would be considered three years of hard work and death penalty.
On the second day, Jia Ke naturally got up early and went to the Prime Minister's Yamen nearby to deal with national affairs.
And Shi Xiangyun had to drag his tired body up to serve Jia Ke, but Jia Ke did not show mercy to her.
Instead, he stretched out his hands and waited for Shi Xiangyun to dress him, and then had breakfast on the small table in Shi Xiangyun's room before leaving.
After Jia Ke left, Shi Xiangyun sat down on the bed, too tired to stand up.
Cuixi said distressedly at the side: "Miss, you'd better take a rest as soon as possible. I don't know how to feel sorry for others. I've exhausted you like this."
Shi Xiangyun's face turned red when he heard this. Cui Lu simply didn't know what happened yesterday, but she felt it firsthand, and she still feels shy thinking about it now.
So Shi Xiangyun quickly changed the subject, "It's not time to rest yet. Come over and dress me up. We'll go to the main house later to meet Sister Qin."
At this time, a little maid's voice sounded outside the house: "Auntie, are you up? Do the slaves need to go in to serve you?"
Shi Xiangyun had only one maid, Cui Lu, since he was a child. He was not used to being served by others, so he said directly to the window: "No, there is Lu'er in the house. I will call you if anything happens."
After Cui Wei heard Shi Xiangyun's words, the smile on her face became even stronger. She jumped up and took out Shi Xiangyun's jewelry box.
Then it was placed on the dressing table specially made for Shi Xiangyun.
Speaking of Shi Xiangyun's jewelry, in addition to part of it being his mother's dowry, Jia Mu also gave her a lot of dowry because of her loneliness. Previously, Jia Ke also secretly sent someone to send a few treasures to her.
Press the bottom of the box.
Shi Xiangyun randomly selected a pink coat from the wardrobe in the house. Then he came to the dressing table, inserted a few gold hairpins, and put on pearl and diamond earrings. Looking left and right in the mirror, he felt
Quite satisfied.
Cuixi kept praising her. Shi Xiangyun stood up and came to a full-length mirror. She looked around in front of the mirror. She always felt that something was missing.
"Xi'er, come here and take a look, I always feel like something is wrong."
Cui Lu had actually been standing next to Shi Xiangyun for a long time, but looking up, down, left and right, she felt there was nothing wrong. Shi Xiangyun's dress today was a bit better than usual.
"Miss, everything is fine. There is nothing wrong."
Shi Xiangyun looked in the mirror and said doubtfully: "Really? But I always feel that something is missing."
Shi Xiangyun thought for a long time, then accidentally put his hand on his waist, and suddenly understood. It turned out that the sword was missing.
This sword was a token of engagement given to Shi Xiangyun by Jia Ke. Shi Xiangyun couldn't put it down since receiving it and never left it.
Shi Xiangyun got married yesterday, and it was unlucky to dance with a knife or a gun in the new house, so Jia Mu specially warned her to put the sword in the box first.
After Shi Xiangyun figured it out, he immediately went to his cabinet next to the corner of the table. After opening the cabinet, he took out the precious sword from the bottom of his clothes.
Then I touched it lovingly in my hand, and finally put it on my waist.
When Shi Xiangyun came to the mirror again, he was still wearing the same clothes as before, but with a knife, Shi Xiangyun had a heroic aura about him. It was a neutral beauty full of heroism and heroism.
Shi Xiangyun is only satisfied now.
Then Xiangyun left the room with the support of Cuixi. There were three or four girls waiting outside the room. When they saw Shi Xiangyun come out, they saluted her together.
Shi Xiangyun just nodded to them, and then took the lead to walk out of the house. After leaving the yard, he realized that he still didn't know where the main room of Duke Yan's mansion was?
"You guys lead the way, let's go see Sister Qin."
Shi Xiangyun ordered Shengsheng to immediately separate two maids from the team and go to the front to lead her.
While Shi Xiangyun walked forward, he looked at the scenery of the Duke of Yan's mansion.
I saw that the Duke of Yan's Mansion was completely different from the Baolinghou Mansion where she had lived.
The scenery here is full of vitality, unlike the decay and decay like Baolinghou Mansion.