Jimo Qiao sat at the table and read the contents of the imperial edict over and over again, his excitement palpable.
Yuan Yuan walked to the table, lightly tapped the table with his knuckles, and said, "Qiaoer, how many times have you read this imperial edict? Haven't you read enough?"
Jimo Qiao smiled and raised his head: "Sister, I'm happy for you. I can't help but want to see more."
"Okay, okay, keep reading, take your time, until you are satisfied." Yuanyuan had no choice but to let her go.
Although Yuan Yuan was very happy and excited when he received the imperial decree granting marriage, but compared to Qiao Er's excitement, it was really inferior.
Jimo Qiao read the imperial edict again and suddenly asked: "Sister, it says to choose a day to get married. Which day is it?"
Yuan shook his head and said, "How could I know? This day is not decided by me."
Jimo Qiao said enviously: "I really hope that day can come soon."
Yuanyuan pretended to be unhappy and said: "Why, you are starting to feel annoyed with me. You wish I would get married soon and move out, right?"
Jimo Qiao immediately denied it: "Sister, when did I get tired of you? I just want you and your brother-in-law to get married soon. When you live in Qinyuan, I can go there and play often, hehe...
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"You, you want to play all day long!" Yuan said helplessly.
At this time, Jimo Qiao finally put away the imperial edict, put it in front of Yuanyuan and said: "Sister, your wedding to your brother-in-law will be grand, right?"
"Will it? I don't know..." Yuyuan didn't know either.
Jimo Qiao hurriedly said: "Why not? Sister, you are the emperor's adopted sister, and my brother-in-law is the emperor's trusted minister. It's strange that your wedding is not grand!"
Yuan Yuan smiled slightly and said: "Actually, I hope it can be simpler. If it is too grand... I will not be used to it..."
Jimo Qiao sighed, shook his head and said: "Sister, it's not that simple. Let's put it this way. Let's not talk about the process on the wedding day. Let's talk about it before the wedding. First, you have to accept the invitation, ask the name, then accept the invitation, and then accept the invitation.
It’s the date of invitation, the wedding ceremony... It will take at least one or two months to complete these six rites!"
"Qiao'er, what exactly do these six rites you mentioned do?" Yuanyuan didn't understand this.
Jimo Qiao was surprised and said: "Sister, don't you know what the six rites are for?"
Yuan Yuan silently shook his head.
"It's okay, sister, I will tell you now what the six rites are!" Jimo Qiao said immediately.
Jimo Qiao told her sister that the first step of the six rites is called nacai, which means that the man's family invites a matchmaker to the woman's family to propose marriage. After the woman's family agrees to propose marriage, the man's family prepares gifts and goes to propose marriage.
The second step is to ask for the name, that is, the man's family asks a matchmaker to ask the woman's name and birth date. This has two functions. One is to prevent close relatives with the same surname from getting married, and the other is to use the birth date obtained from the name to predict whether the marriage between the two will be successful.
suitable.
Then comes the third step, Naji, where the man takes the woman's name and horoscopes back to the temple for divination. After getting a good omen, he prepares a gift and goes to inform the woman's family that they have decided to get married.
Then, the man's family can give the betrothal gift to the woman's family, and then choose a wedding date and ask for their approval.
After completing the above five steps, all you have to do is wait for the wedding day before the man goes to greet the bride.
By the time he finished talking about the six etiquettes, Jimo Qiao's mouth was already dry, so he immediately poured a glass of water and drank it "gudonggudong".
"Why is it so complicated?" Yuan asked.
Jimo Qiao smiled and said: "Sister, it sounds quite complicated, but in fact you don't have to do anything. It's all the brother-in-law and parents should worry about. You can just stay at home and wait for your marriage."
Yuan Yuan nodded and said softly: "Then it's quite hard for him."
Jimo Qiao immediately said: "What kind of hard work is this? Being able to marry a beautiful woman like you, my sister, is a blessing earned by my brother-in-law in his previous life, okay? If it were me, even if it was a hundred times harder, it would be a thousand times harder."
Times, I am willing too!"
Yuan Yuan immediately became happy and couldn't help laughing: "Qiao'er, you praise me as long as you praise me, how come you also praise yourself?"
Jimo Qiao was stunned for a moment, and then he realized after thinking for a moment that they were twin sisters who looked the same. The phrase "big beauty" really complimented him.
"But what I said is not wrong, right sister, hahaha..."
"Yes, yes, hahaha..."
Jimo Qiao laughed happily as she spoke, and Yuan Yuan also laughed out loud under her influence.
For a time, the room was filled with laughter and laughter.
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While the two sisters were laughing happily, Chai Yan felt very depressed.
After coming out of the palace, Chai Yan was in a very unhappy mood, and he was even more depressed on the way back to Qinyuan.
Gu Zhengbang knew that Chai Yan was in a bad mood, so he wisely did not disturb him, hoping that he could adjust himself well.
After an unknown amount of time, the carriage suddenly stopped.
Seeing that Chai Yan was still deep in thought, Gu Zhengbang had no choice but to remind him: "We're here."
Chai Yan suddenly came to his senses, turned to look out the window, and found that the carriage had stopped at the gate of Qinyuan.
"Sir, I'll take my leave first." Chai Yan was not in a high mood.
Gu Zhengbang said solemnly: "Chai Yan, you have to be considerate of the Emperor. There is no other choice but you for this matter!"
"I understand, sir..."
After saying that, Chai Yan got out of the car and walked slowly into the Qin Garden.
Gu Zhengbang, who was in the car, gently lifted a corner of the curtain. After taking a look at Chai Yan's back, he silently lowered the curtain.
"Let's go."
After lowering the curtains, Gu Zhengbang said to the coachman, and the carriage started slowly, gradually moving away from the Qinyuan gate.
Chai Yan raised his eyes and looked at the carriage going away. He couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, then turned around and entered Qinyuan.
Soon, Chai Yan returned to Xianghuayuan. As soon as he entered the yard, he told Uncle Cai and Xiaokui not to let anyone disturb him for the time being. Then he entered the room and locked himself in the room.
Xiaokui was a little worried about Chai Yan, so she wanted to go over quietly to take a look at the situation, but Uncle Cai didn't allow it and directly pulled Xiaokui out of the inner courtyard.
When Chai Yan returned to the room, he lay down directly on the bed. He rested his head on his hands and looked at the top of the bed aimlessly while recalling what Liu Lang and Gu Zhengbang said to him in the imperial study.
Liu Lang told Chai Yan that among the two factions currently divided between the DPRK and the Central Government, those who advocated a strategic alliance with the Pitz people have gradually become the majority. Among those who previously advocated sending troops to rescue the Muyue Kingdom, some have begun to waver.
Liu Lang felt very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.
Liu Lang had just ascended the throne and his foundation was still shallow. Many veterans in the court still advocated following the late emperor's diplomatic strategy, not to quarrel with the Pitz Kingdom, and to avoid war with powerful countries as much as possible. However, Liu Lang did not agree with this approach in his heart.
, he carefully studied and discussed with the people around him, and believed that
The Qingyuan Pass in the Muyue Kingdom is crucial to the border of the Sheng Kingdom. We must try every means to guard it. By the time it falls into the hands of the Pitz people, it will be too late. Even if the Pitz people are willing to give up, it will be too late.
No matter how much gold and silver the Sheng Kingdom has, it will not be able to make up for the loss of strategic border areas!
As a result, Liu Lang started to act like a dramatist, and openly used delaying tactics against the people of Pitz. He deliberately delayed giving an accurate and definite answer to the people of Pitz, making them all think that he was an indecisive and hesitant emperor.
Secretly, Liu Lang listened to Gu Zhengbang's idea and decided to send a surprise force to the Qingyuan Pass as soon as possible, secretly cooperating with the Muyue people to defend the pass and prevent the Pitz people from invading.
And this cavalry is none other than Chai Yan who possesses the Martial God Bean, which is why Gu Zhengbang said the words "There is no other choice"!
Liu Lang believed that as long as the Pitz people were unable to break through the Qingyuan Pass for a long time and were unable to invade further south, they would be overwhelmed with military supplies. All they needed to fight the war was food, grass and money. If the war cost a lot but had no results,
Then there will definitely be disagreements in Pitz, and there will be only one final outcome of the war: retreat!
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