The wedding day was set by the old lady, June 6th.
The old lady was also thinking about this and sent her eunuch Wang Gonggong to Jia's house to check on the wedding arrangements. She was cordially received by the groom's official Jia Jiashikai and received one hundred taels of carriage fare before leaving.
Zhao Guodong brought four people over to Jia Liu, two little girls of fourteen or fifteen years old, and two boys, one twelve and one thirteen years old. They didn't look very smart, they were dull and scared of people.
Jia Liu knew that these four children had suffered too much. After all, their parents wanted to kill their heads. They had no parents and were sent as slaves in the flag since they were young. How could they be clever?
He asked Yang Zhi to arrange the four children, and Yang Zhi was delighted that he could be a housekeeper in the future.
Prince Xinjun's Mansion also sent someone over. When he saw the shaven prince-in-law, he didn't say he was satisfied or dissatisfied. He was so angry that Jia Liu went back to his room and looked at himself in the mirror again and again, thinking about a king of his own standards.
Her figure, let alone a royal figure, would be no problem if she matched a queen and a noble concubine.
The wedding was not held according to the customs of the Han army, but full of Manchu customs. People from the Ministry of Internal Affairs took Jia Liu and taught him for three or four days. Finally, he figured out the general process. It was very confusing.
Who told Jia Liu to be called Jia Jiashikai now?
More and more people came to arrange the wedding. A few days before the wedding, the Prince of Xin County sent a team of people over to help the Jia family decorate their elegant new house.
Several of the girls glanced at the concubine's forehead from time to time, and then joined together to cover their mouths and laugh.
Jia Liu saw that these girls were good-looking, and wondered if there would be any girls with whom they had intercourse when Gege got married. If so, it would be fine to marry a pig.
Just eat one fat meal and twenty-nine lean meals a month.
If you are fat and thin, your life will be full of energy, right?
The Jia family is also discussing the betrothal gift. According to the early rules of Emperor Kangxi when he married Princess of Han soldiers, the betrothal gift would be at least tens of thousands of taels.
But Jia Daquan was empty-handed and had no money.
Jia Liu was rich, but he didn't dare to bring up the problem.
Finally, the second brother-in-law Gao Delu said that he could not go back and borrow it from his father. Just as he was talking, Shi Heshen came, bringing many gifts, and told Jia Liu that he wanted to accompany the emperor and the queen mother to the Chengde Summer Resort, so there was no way to participate.
Jia Liu's wedding.
Although Jia Liu felt regretful, it was more important for Renhe and Shen to accompany the old man than to accompany him, so he naturally said a few polite words at the moment.
After sending He Shen back, Jia Liu discovered that He Shen had put a five hundred tael silver note on the table, presumably knowing that he was short of money to marry his wife.
Jia Liu was so moved that he chased him out, and Renhe Zhongtang had long since disappeared.
As if He Shen was a signal, several groups of people came one after another in the afternoon.
The second cousin of Sekesi also came and gave a thousand taels to his cousin Daquan on behalf of him and his eldest brother Sehentu.
Jia Liu knew about Sehentu because he knew that his cousin's nephew was going to be successful. He was raising the flag and marrying Ba Tulu, and he was married to Gege. Now he had a brighter future than before, but because of what happened last time, he really couldn't lose face, so he let him go.
The second brother came over to check his tone.
What Jia Daquan could say was that he would invite his eldest cousin to come and have a glass of his nephew's wedding wine no matter what. When he sent Xikexi out at the end, he specifically said: "Call my sister-in-law, and my nephews and nieces will come."
Lao Zheng, Lao Cui and others from the Han Army Dutong Yamen also collected 300 taels and asked Zhao Guodong to send them over. Chang Bingzhong's father, Liu He's family Yi, Zu Yingyuan, Wang Fu and other families also came over one after another, or sent them over.
One hundred taels, or two hundred taels as a gift, and in the end, after scraping it together, they finally got four to five thousand taels.
What Jia Liu never expected was that Vice President Bo Qing'e, who was far away in Sichuan, somehow knew that Jia Tulu was getting married, and wrote a letter to Lao Fujin at home. As a result, Bo's family came to send congratulatory gifts.
The first line of the gift list is five thousand taels of silver.
Good guy, Jia Daquan was shocked.
The climax of gift-giving reached its peak on the fourth day of June. All colleagues in the Qianqing Gate Guard Branch, who had not been to the first shift, sent 3,000 taels of congratulations to Jia Liu. Some colleagues in the Guard Headquarters also raised 5,000 taels.
Looking at the list of gifts, Jia Liu decided that those who gave gifts could be kept under observation in the future, and those who did not give gifts would be fired.
Several other members of the Jia family also sent more or less congratulatory gifts. Jia Liu's uncle Jia Dazhong, who took the initiative to set up the banner himself, also gave his nephew a hundred taels, although he did not have much money.
The second aunt's grandma, Jia Xiuqin, and all the people of the same generation as Jia Daquan died, and the rest were all of the same generation as Jia Liu. When they heard that the two brothers Sekesi and Xi had sent congratulatory gifts, they also came over to express their congratulations.
Among them, Jia Liu's cousin, Song Chun's wife, who is now General Jiangning, also sent her eldest son Baozhu to give 500 taels, and the second aunt's grandmother successively gave nearly 2,000 taels.
Uncle Jia Liu's Lu family also sent someone over. The reason was that Jia Liu made a special trip to visit his uncle Lu Zhengtao four days ago. The etiquette was in place. Although he didn't say much, it undoubtedly made people who had been separated from the Jia family for ten years The Lu family started to relax.
After all, Jia Liu is their nephew, and he looks a bit like his uncle Lu Zhengtao.
Jia Liu asked his eldest sister Jia Juan to tell his father, Daquan, and immediately went to invite several uncles to come over.
This is a rule. My uncle's family is the chairman. Not to mention that my nephew is marrying Princess Xin from Prince Xin's palace. Even if he marries the daughter of the current emperor, he cannot break this rule.
After collecting the betrothal gift, Jia Liu followed Xikexi like a wooden man to the prince's palace to offer him a job. His elder brother-in-law Chunying was only eighteen years old, so both parties were very reserved when they met for the first time.
Jia Liu didn't see his wife Ruxiu, but he always felt that someone was peeking at him.
On the day of the wedding, dozens of tables were set up in the Jia family's yard, and it was really full of guests and friends.
However, Jia Liu's subordinates are not here. It's not that Jia Liu doesn't want them to have fun together, but the place is too small, so he asked Chang Bingzhong and Liu Heyi to attract Madri and the others on their behalf, and then booked a night at Yuchun House so that the brothers could Let's have fun together.
After a complicated procedure, the wedding team from Prince Xin's Mansion arrived.
Amidst the sound of gongs and drums, Jia Liu ceremoniously brought his wife in. After performing some etiquette according to Manchu customs, the couple entered the bridal chamber amidst the cheers of everyone.
Outside, guests and friends were eating and drinking, and it was very lively.
Just as Jia Liu was about to play scratch-off music, he was called out by people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he went to the table to offer tea instead of wine.
Everyone knew that the bridegroom had some business to attend to in the evening, and the bride still believed in the royal palace, so there was no way she would dare to cause trouble.
Finally, the Jia Mansion became quiet.
As Jia Liu entered the new house with his eldest sister Jia Juan's hot meal, his little heart began to beat for no apparent reason.
The bride sitting by the bed looks pretty good, but I don't know what she looks like.
After placing the food on the table, Jia Liu walked lightly to the bed.
When the bride knew that her husband was coming, she trembled slightly.
Finally, the Jia Liu lottery was drawn.
Lifting the hijab, what came into view was a slightly shy face. It was not a first prize, nor a consolation prize, but probably a second prize.
Even though she is not stunningly beautiful at first glance, she is not ugly either. She looks like the girl next door with ripe peaches and a bit of baby fat.
The bride, who had actually seen her husband, blushed even more and lowered her head slightly.
Broader and wider.
Jia Liuxuan's heart finally dropped, and he sat down out of instinct. Unexpectedly, he frightened the bride Ruxiu, and asked with some fear: "Is it necessary now?"
"ah?"
Jia Liu was startled for a moment, and when he realized that Ruxiu thought he was going to perform the courtesy of Zhou Gong, he couldn't help but feel happy, and casually said: "We are already husband and wife."
"Um."
Ruxiu nodded, pinched the corner of her clothes a little uneasily, and weakly asked her husband: "Have you ever?"
"What?"
His wife's question made Jia Liu stunned for a moment. When he understood what it meant, he quickly shook his head: "No, it's the same as you."
The conscience of heaven and earth, this is the fact.
"Is it?"
Ruxiu secretly raised her eyes to look at her husband who was staring at her, and murmured in a voice as low as a mosquito: "If my sister-in-law says something like this, you will get angry."