Start with Baihuguan

Chapter 244

The corner of Zhu Houzhao's mouth showed a bit of surprise when he heard the words, he glanced at the queen and muttered slightly: "I never thought that the queen would still think about this matter!"

Empress Xia gave the emperor a blank look when she heard the words, and said coquettishly: "Li Qing has saved His Majesty's life, and is your most trusted courtier, so naturally I should pay attention to it."

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Then according to the queen's opinion, Li Huan is married, what should you and my empress reward?"

Nestled in Zhu Houzhao's arms, Xia's phoenix eyes shone with a strange look and said: "I think Li Huan is not short of gold and silver rare treasures. As a concubine, why don't you reward Li Huan's two wives with a gift?" An order."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "What the queen said is true, I actually think so too, Li Huan's net worth is not bad at all, the gold and silver he has seized from his house in the past two years amounted to tens of millions of taels, What kind of rare treasures have never been seen before, just what I know, the benefits Li Huan got from them are no less than 10 taels."

After hearing what the emperor said, Empress Xia couldn't help opening her eyes wide, her red lips parted, her face was full of astonishment, and she subconsciously said, "Ah, Li Huan is also a big corrupt official?"

Hearing what Empress Xia said, seeing the empress' reaction, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but burst out laughing, and nodded while laughing, "That's right, Li Huan is a big corrupt official."

Empress Xia couldn't help looking at Zhu Houzhao with some doubts, and Zhu Houzhao reached out and tapped between Empress Xia's nostrils: "Is it strange that Empress Li Huan is greedy for so much property, why do I ignore it?"

The queen said subconsciously: "I think it's because your majesty thought that Li Huan had saved your majesty's life, so he indulged..."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head, but he didn't say anything else, but turned the topic to Empress Xia and said: "Tomorrow, in the name of you and me, I will decree that Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin will be conferred first-rank wives, and two dragon, phoenix and jade pendants will be rewarded." Yes, one hundred pieces of Shu brocade..."

Although it is said that gold and silver are not rewarded, but if it is only for the imperial concubine, even Zhu Houzhao himself is a little embarrassed, so he rewards a lot of property more or less. Of course, the amount of property is not much, and more is to make up That's all.

the eighth day of the first lunar month

The entire Maoyan Alley is covered with red lanterns, red silk and satin are spread out, and red makeup is all the way, showing festiveness.

Li Huan, who was the favored minister of the emperor, was married to the British government and the Chengguo government. This can be said to be the most sensational event in the capital.

On this day, the doors of the Duke's Mansion, the two most top-ranking Duke's Mansions of the Ming Dynasty, opened wide.

Teams of servants and servants in red makeup carried boxes one by one, and filed out in a continuous line.

In the British government, servants and servants dressed in red festive clothes came out with the dowry of the British government, and the momentum was huge.

After No. 1 servant carrying the dowry came out, it took a long time for a stick of incense to pass, and there are still servants who are still coming out of the British government.

The people in the city who came to watch the excitement after hearing the news were amazed at the beginning, but now they can be said to have been dumbfounded after watching it for a long time.

The dowry scene in the British government is really amazing. Just looking at the scale and posture, there are probably hundreds of servants and servants alone, and the dowry items are being carried out one box after another. .

Among the crowd, someone saw this scene and couldn't help exclaiming: "Ten miles of red makeup, is this the legendary thousand acres of fertile land and ten miles of red makeup? No, even the legendary thousand acres of fertile land and ten miles of red makeup can't compare with it what."

According to legend, when a wealthy family marries a daughter, the dowry items are so luxurious and rich that the team of sending the dowry stretches for ten miles. They not only dowry gold and silver jewelry and other things, but also dowry thousands of acres of fertile land. Ten miles of red makeup is used to describe the grand occasion of a certain family marrying a daughter.

But that kind of scene may be the biggest scene that a private married woman can see, but compared with the huge momentum of the British government's married woman they see now, it is simply not comparable.

The British government is known as the No. 1 noble in the Ming Dynasty. The British princes in all generations have been the No. [-] nobles who have been relied on by the royal family. The background of the British government can be imagined.

Of course, although the married daughters of the British government also dowry a lot of dowry, the momentum is not small, but it has never been as big as this time.

On the one hand, it was because the object of this marriage was Li Huan, an important minister of the emperor, and on the other hand, it might not have meant to compete with Cheng Guogong's mansion.

After all, Li Huan's purpose this time is not only to marry Zhang Jin, but also to marry Zhu Lin, who became the duke's mansion of the two kingdoms. discussed.

That being the case, Zhang Lun, who is the British government, directly ordered that the British government do its best to make this marriage a big enough affair, so that it cannot be suppressed by the Chengguo government no matter what.

This is related to the face of their British government, which is why the current grand scene has been born.

The distance from the British government to Maoyan Lane where Li Huan lives is less than ten miles, but the dowry team sent by the British government stretches for nearly ten miles. It can be said that from the British government to Maoyan Alley, it is like a long red dragon. , It can be said that it is a real red makeup.

The movement on the side of the British government is astonishing, but the side of the Chengguo government is not bad at all. The Chengguo government also wanted to suppress the British government as much as possible in the momentum of the marriage from the very beginning, so it is said that The wedding team from the Duke's Mansion is also mighty, and the momentum is astonishing.

It is also a ten-mile-long wedding procession. If you look at it from a high altitude, you will find that there are two long red dragons on this day, with infinite festiveness, running between the British Palace, Chengguo Palace, and Maoyan Lane. .

Such a scene can be said to be seen only in the life of the people in the capital. After all, there are really few companies that have done such a situation.

Even when Zhu Houzhao, who was the prince, got married, there was not such a big movement. After all, the royal family pays more attention to a solemnity, and it is impossible to make such a big momentum, otherwise there will be suspicion of extravagance.

But the British government and the Chengguo government are not afraid. They are the families of princes for a hundred years. With such a big momentum and movement, even the officials above the court can't say anything. I can secretly lament that the dukes' mansions of the two major kingdoms are worthy of being the houses of dukes that have been passed down for hundreds of years, and their background and wealth are astonishingly profound.

On this day, the Li Mansion was full of celebrations, that is to say, the predecessor of the Li Mansion was the mansion where Ge Lao Xie Qian lived, and the area was large enough. The mansion was almost packed.

A large amount of dowry was carried into the two courtyards of the Li Mansion.

These two courtyards are exactly the two courtyards for welcoming relatives that Feng personally tidied up under the auspices of the family.

When other people get married, they can marry at most one person at a time, but who made Li Huan so special? The emperor personally bestowed marriages, and he married two daughters at a time.

As a result, Feng Shi felt a little worried. Although they are both legal wives, they are two people after all. They can't be married back, so they should be arranged in the same place.

If you really want to do this, the gods know what troubles will happen at that time.

Therefore, Feng directly sorted out two yards and tidied them up separately. The layout of the two yards was almost exactly the same, even everything in the new house he prepared was exactly the same, without any intention of favoritism.

But now the dowry personnel of the two major government houses carried the dowry belongings of the two families into the two courtyards, and at the same time, the nuns and maids sent by the two families also began to place the dowry gifts in their respective places. in the yard.

Soon the two courtyards were decorated with new decorations, which added a bit of festive meaning, and people couldn't help but marvel at the greatness of the two dowry.

Just looking at the dowry on the surface, it may not be less than tens of thousands of taels. If this includes the gold and silver jewelry, fields and other things that are dowry in private, I am afraid that the two princes will really bleed this time. There are nearly 10 taels of giant.

In such a huge capital, the real dowry of so much wealth, even if the emperor married a daughter, may not be able to dowry such a large amount of property. After all, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty began with Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was famously frugal.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, accompanied by the sound of festive crackling, the sky was dim, and Li Huan was awakened, and was urged to change into a bridegroom's attire, and then prepared to welcome the bride.

Under normal circumstances, Li Huan, the bridegroom official, should set off to greet the bride with the team, but this time Li Huan is marrying two newcomers at once, so how to greet the bride has become a problem.

After all, if Li Huan went to the British government first, then the Chengguo government would not say anything, and he must be dissatisfied. For the same reason, if he went to the Chengguo government first, the British government would have some criticisms.

This problem obviously fell on Li Huan. At this time, all eyes fell on Li Huan, waiting for Li Huan to make a decision which one to go to first.

After all, Li Huan only had one person, and it was impossible to split him in half, so he could only greet one person first, and then go to greet the other person.

Let alone Li Huan, anyone would worry about such matters.

Just like at this moment Li Huan was fully dressed and riding on a horse that was also covered with red silk, but his face showed a look of embarrassment.

This choice is not so easy to choose. Once the choice is made, he will be talked about by one of the two women before they enter the door.

Li Huan smiled wryly in his heart, everything was the fault of the emperor, in order to win over the Xungui Group, he insisted on giving him two marriages at one time, but now it is good, the emperor will control the killing and not bury him, leaving him such a big problem.

At this time, there was a commotion not far away, Li Huanxun looked at the reputation, and saw a group of people coming, the leader was none other than the great eunuch Qiu Ju who was serving the emperor.

With a smile on his face, Qiu Ju walked over quickly, and he could hear Qiu Ju laughing from a distance: "Congratulations, brother Li, congratulations to brother Li on his wedding."

Li Huan cupped his hands at Qiu Ju and said, "Brother Qiu, why are you here? It can't be Your Majesty..."

Qiu Ju couldn't help raising his brows when he heard the words, and at the same time, in the group of people behind Qiu Ju, a figure came into Li Huan's eyes, whether it was Zhu Houzhao or whoever it was.

It's no wonder that Li Huan guessed that Zhu Houzhao might be among the people behind Qiu Ju. In fact, based on Li Huan's understanding of Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao was able to do such a thing.

So after a little careful searching, Li Huan found Zhu Houzhao immediately.

Zhu Houzhao noticed that Li Huan's eyes were on him, but he didn't mean to dodge, but raised his head and nodded at Li Huan with a smile.

Li Huan subconsciously wanted to get off the horse, but Zhu Houzhao shook his head slightly at Li Huan, pointed to the outside, and opened his mouth to signal Li Huan to welcome the bride.

Li Huan was worrying about whether to go to the British government or the Chengguo government first, when suddenly a figure walked over. Li Huan saw that the person who came was Zhang Wei from the British government. This person was Zhang Lun's younger brother. The core lineage of the government.

At this time Zhang Wei walked up to him and said to Li Huan in a low voice: "Master Li, my aunt has something to say, please don't be embarrassed, you can go to Cheng Guogong's mansion to meet Miss Zhu's family first."

Li Huan couldn't help raising his brows when he heard the words, apparently he didn't expect that Zhang Jin would be so understanding of righteousness, able to sense his embarrassment, and send someone to help him out.

But just when Li Huan was about to lead people to set off, another figure came over, and it was none other than Zhu Lin.

Zhu Lin is the young master of Duke Cheng's mansion, and also Zhu Lin's elder brother. Seeing Zhu Lin glance at Zhang Wei, he cupped his hands at Li Huan and said, "Brother-in-law, my sister said that you don't have to make trouble, you can go first." The British government greets the bride, and then goes to greet her."

Li Huan looked at Zhu Lin, then at Zhang Wei, couldn't help laughing and said, "What's so good about Li, to be loved by such two virtuous wives."

After speaking, Li Huan pondered for a while and then said: "Forget it, Jin'er is three months older than Lin'er, so we will take the order of elder and younger."

Immediately, Li Huan led the welcoming team and headed straight for the British government.

British government
Zhang Jin, who was dressed in a phoenix crown and Xiapei, was sitting in the boudoir at this time. Several sisters-in-law, married sisters, and even several nieces and daughters-in-law of the first line were looking at the costumes with smiles on their faces at the moment, like a fairy in the dust. General Zhang Jin.

As the hostess of the British government, Mrs. Su is sitting beside Zhang Jin at the moment, together with an elder sister-in-law, whispering something in Zhang Jin's ear at the moment.

Zhang Jin, who was always cold, was blushing on her delicate pretty face.

The eldest sister-in-law coughed lightly, and said with a blush on her face, "Did Jin'er remember it?"

Su shoved a booklet into Zhang Jin's hands and said with a light smile, "Little aunt, don't be shy. Husband and wife are gifted from Dunlun. According to what you practitioners say, it is the way of heaven and nature. If there is anything you don't understand, just tell me." Check out this booklet."

Seeing this, the women on the side couldn't help but their pretty faces flushed and they couldn't help laughing secretly.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside.

I saw a few little maids running over quickly, shouting as they ran: "My uncle is here, my uncle is here to greet you."

Zhang Jin, who was sitting there, couldn't help being taken aback, and said subconsciously: "It shouldn't be, if Li Huan goes to Duke Cheng's mansion first..."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Su said with a smile: "Then do you still need to guess? It must be the governor who came to our British residence first to welcome the bride. It seems that the governor still values ​​you little aunt more."

But Zhang Jin shook his head and said: "Li Huan is not a fool, it is impossible for him to show obvious partiality in this kind of matter, rather than saying that he values ​​me, it is better to say that he follows the order of my age and Zhu Lin's age. here."

Su Shi and the others were stunned when they heard the words, and then Su Shi smiled and said: "No matter what, the groom's official comes to welcome the bride, and we will send you, little aunt, to the sedan chair."

After a lot of tossing, Li Huan finally welcomed Zhang Jin, who was wearing a phoenix coronet and a red hijab, into the sedan chair, and then accompanied by the shouts of the ceremony officials, the sedan chair carried by a full 32 people slowly rose.

Duke Cheng's Mansion
Cheng Guogong's mansion has already made preparations, and the huge Guogong's mansion is full of joy.

The old Duke Zhu Fu sat there, looking at the panting steward who came to report the news, with a smile on his lips, he said, "You said that Li Huan went to the British government to welcome his relatives?"

The steward nodded and said, "It's not just the young lady who is humble, but also the girl Jin from the British government. In the end, my uncle decided to welcome the bride in the order of the age of the young lady and the girl Jin."

Hearing this, Zhu Fu couldn't help but stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "It's hard for him. It's rare in ancient times for him to marry two wives at once. It's not easy for him to want a bowl of water to be flat."

The welcoming team welcomed Zhang Jin into Li's mansion and sent her to the courtyard prepared for Zhang Jin. Li Huan immediately led the original team to Duke Cheng's mansion to welcome Zhu Lin back without stopping.

After running back and forth these two times, even if Li Huan practiced kung fu horizontally, he was very tired.

Lin Pingzhi, who was tossing and tossing with Li Huan, was full of exhaustion, looked at Li Huan and said in a low voice: "Cousin, I didn't expect getting married to be so troublesome."

Hearing this, Li Huan couldn't help but glanced at Lin Pingzhi and said with a chuckle, "Why, Pingzhi, don't you want to get married?"

Hearing what Li Huan said, Lin Pingzhi shook his head again and again, "No, no, I'm still young, so there's no rush, no rush."

Li Huan couldn't help chuckling.

However, Li Huan didn't have the heart to tease Lin Pingzhi, and welcoming the two brides back didn't mean the wedding was complete.

Now the sky is sinking to the west, and the mountain is about to set, and the sky is gradually dimming.

Following the resonant singing of the ceremony officer, two brides dressed in phoenix crowns and xiabei were seen walking towards each other in two courtyards on both sides, with festive nuns carrying two brides.

When he got closer, Li Huan looked at the hydrangea balls they were holding in their hands, took a deep breath, and went forward to grab the other part of the hydrangea balls in their hands.

Many guests and friends around saw this scene and found it very interesting.

They have seen a lot of new couples praying to heaven and earth, but like now, the scene of three people praying to heaven and earth together is the only scene they have ever seen in their lives.

Although Li Huan's status is valuable, those who are qualified to attend Li Huan's wedding are also of unusual status.

Many of them can be said to be the families of Xungui. After all, Xungui are married to each other and are related to each other.

After Li Huan married Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin, he naturally integrated into the honorable group, and many of them even whistled on the sidelines.

Even if the emperor was present, under such circumstances, he would subconsciously forget the identity of the emperor, and it was impossible for Li Huan to stop those people from booing at this time.

The ceremonial officer looked at Li Huan, Zhang Jin, and Zhu Lin who were standing still, and then at Feng Shi who was already sitting there, took a deep breath and said loudly: "The newcomers pay homage to their ancestors."

Originally, the wedding process was very complicated. It is said that the process of welcoming the bride has already entered the wedding process from the moment the bride got off the sedan chair, but who made Li Huan so special.

So after the discussion, a lot of procedures were changed, so a lot of red tape was saved.

At this moment, Li Huan, Zhang Jin, and Zhu Lin only need to pay homage to their ancestors first, offer incense to them, and then proceed to the process of worshiping heaven and earth that everyone is most familiar with.

The three of Li Huan took the joss stick and lit it, then bowed respectfully to the spirit tablet of Li's ancestors. After bowing three times, they offered the joss stick.

The ceremony official said: "The ceremony is over!"

At the same time, someone on the side shouted with a bit of hope: "Hurry up, hurry up, the newcomers are worshiping heaven and earth."

There was such a commotion that Li Huan couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

But when Li Huan saw Zhu Houzhao who was standing beside him and blinking at him, Li Huan almost couldn't help but silence.

This emperor is really young at heart.

Many officials watching the ceremony probably already recognized the Son of Heaven. For example, some officials such as Wang Yangming and Liu Yu could not have failed to recognize the Son of Heaven unless they were blind.

Although he was shocked to see the emperor appearing at Li Huan's wedding in casual clothes, no one dared to disturb the emperor.

However, many officials who recognized the emperor naturally focused most of their attention on the emperor.

Seeing the emperor blinking at Li Huan there, the harmony between the monarch and his subjects, as well as the trust and favor shown by the emperor to Li Huan, only made these people envious.

Then look at Li Huannian, who was only in his twenties, and already became the grand tutor, the governor of the capital, and in charge of Jinyiwei. He was favored by the emperor, and he was bestowed a marriage by the emperor. Marriage between the princes of the great country.

So far in life, what more can a husband ask for.

It can be said that looking at the world, there is no one else who can compare with Li Huan.

"Worship heaven and earth!"

Accompanied by the shout of the ceremonial officer, Li Huan, who had settled down, followed the ceremonial officer's guidance and bowed respectfully to Sifang Tiandi.

"Two thanks to the high hall!"

Sitting there, Feng's eyes turned red when he heard the words. Looking at Li Huan, Zhang Jin, and Zhu Lin who stood in front of him and bowed down, Feng couldn't help but tears of joy fell from his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Okay, okay, if you can see my son get married and start a business, you can go immediately as a mother, and you can also go to see the ancestors of the Li family."

The two brothers Feng Yongguo and Feng Yongbang who were standing beside Feng Shi hurriedly comforted after seeing this: "Sister, today is Huan'er's day of great joy, you must not cry."

The three of Li Huan paid respectful obeisance to Mrs. Feng.

"Bye husband and wife!"

The two daughters Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin stood side by side, while Li Huan stood opposite the two daughters. Following the shout of the ceremony official, Li Huan bowed to the two daughters.

"Licheng, send it to the bridal chamber!"

When Li Huan sent the two daughters into the bridal chamber, changed into clothes and came out, the sky was already dark, and the guests and friends from all over the world were seated and drinking wedding wine.

Li Huan naturally came for the emperor.

At the moment Zhu Houzhao was sitting there in ordinary clothes, and at the same table were Wang Yangming, Liu Yu, Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang, Zhang Wei, and Zhu Lin.

However, it can also be seen that the people at the same table with Zhu Houzhao are somewhat unnatural. After all, even if Zhu Houzhao doesn't care, they can't let go of sitting with the emperor.

Seeing Li Huan approaching, Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly and said, "Li Qing, I'm so happy, you were able to hug two beauties home today, but don't forget me, a great matchmaker."

Seeing this, Li Dongyang couldn't help coughing violently, as if he was reminding Zhu Houzhao to pay attention to his identity as the emperor, but it was a pity that Li Dongyang's coughing attracted Zhu Houzhao's eyes and said: "Li Qing's family, there are no monarchs and ministers at the moment, you just treat me like me." I just came to congratulate Li Huan."

Li Dongyang couldn't help laughing wryly when he heard the words, the emperor said so, what else could he say, is it really necessary to continue to remind Zhu Houzhao to pay attention to his speech and behavior?

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