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Chapter 500 The Big Wedding Day
Coming out of the palace, Mu Xu was about to take the reins from the guards when he saw Cai You flashing out from the side, grabbed his sleeve, and said with a flattering smile, "Brother Mu, I have been waiting for you for a long time. , please take another step to speak!"

After Mu Xu thought about it for a while, he knew what Cai You's purpose was, but what he really didn't expect was that this guy would be so restless, he asked with a look of surprise, "Brother Cai, has it been you all this time?" Waiting for my little brother?"

Cai You replied in embarrassment, "Isn't there something I want to ask my brother, I wonder if my brother would like to go to the humble house to talk about it?"

Mu Xu wondered, "It's not that the little brother didn't give the old man face, but I was in a hurry to go back to the mansion, and I went to tell the people in the mansion to prepare the things needed for the big wedding."

Cai You immediately patted his chest and said, "What should I do? It turns out that it is such a trivial matter. If you believe in being a brother, I will do my best to take care of it for you to ensure that there will be no mistakes. How about it? "

As soon as Mu Xu heard that there was such a good thing, there was no hesitation, and he immediately followed Cai You to Cai's mansion.

Arriving at the Cai Mansion on Zhuque Street, Cai You immediately invited Mu Xu to sit in the main hall, and specially invited his wife to meet him, and then ordered his servants to prepare a good banquet.

During the dinner, Cai You sometimes complimented Mu Xu, sometimes persuaded him to drink, and his attitude was extremely enthusiastic. When he saw Mu Xu who came, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and asked through the wine, "What is the meaning of my brother's words in the morning? Can you make it clear?"

"Little brother just said it casually, why should you take it to heart? And brother Xian said that you and Wang Shaozai are bosom friends?"

Cai You smiled awkwardly, "Hey, brother is the same as brother, just talking casually, this Wang Fu used to be my old man's party, and I have a lot of trouble with me. Now that this guy has gained power, how can he not look for me? trouble?"

After finishing speaking, he was afraid that Mu Xu would not be willing to help, so he hurriedly continued, "Brothers probably don't know yet, Wang Fu and Gao Qiu have always had a very close friendship, but if Gao Qiu asks for help, it is hard to guarantee that Wang Fu will not be in the government's house." Where does the brother's slander come in?"

How could Mu Xu be afraid of this, after a few days after marrying Zhao Fujin, he will immediately set off to the north, and next time he comes to Tokyo, he will not know that it will be the year of the monkey.

But having said that, now is not the time to turn against the imperial court. For Mu Xu, befriending Cai You can be said to be beneficial and harmless.

Besides, it's good to have some fun for Wang Fu. At the gate of the city yesterday, this guy thought he was hiding it well, but he didn't know that Mu Xu had already seen the displeasure in his eyes when he called him the young prime minister. .

That being the case, no wonder he was there.Thinking of this, Mu Xu said, "Forget it, then I will give Brother Cai an idea. As for whether it will work or not, it depends on Brother Cai's ability!"

"Brother, it doesn't matter if you say it, I will listen to you!"

Mu Xu made a fool of himself first, "I heard that Wang Fu is very good at trying to figure out the official's sacred intentions, I wonder if it's true?"

Cai You was taken aback for a moment, although he didn't understand why Mu Xu asked this question, he still replied honestly, "It's true, and I'm not afraid of my brother's jokes. In this matter, it is indeed no match for Wang Fu."

Mu Xu shook his head and said with a smile, "Brother, don't be discouraged. You can't blame me for this matter. Do you know why Wang Fu is always one step ahead of others and guesses what the officials are thinking?"

"Your brother, you mean that Wang Fu didn't rely on his own ability, but someone secretly helped him?" Cai You was naturally not stupid, and Mu Xu guessed the implication when he slipped a little bit.

"That's right, Wang Fu does have an expert to guide him, and this expert is none other than Liang Shicheng."

Cai You slapped his thigh hard, and suddenly realized, "That makes sense, Liang Shicheng is with the official's family every day, and in addition to operating in the palace for a long time, in terms of understanding the official family, he is naturally infinite. People can outdo each other.”

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and said a little puzzled, "But even if we know the inside story, we can't do anything to Wang Fu, we can't have a red mouth and white teeth, and go to the official's house to report it?

At that time, whether the officials believe it or not will be discussed separately, but they will definitely offend Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu at the same time, and they will retaliate afterwards. The gain outweighs the loss! "

Faced with Cai You's question, Mu Xu said confidently, "Choosing to inform the officials is the worst policy of all, and it is not advisable! The best way is to let the officials discover this on their own initiative."

"The plan will come out?"

"I got a piece of news. It is said that the back door of Wang Fu's mansion is connected to Liang Shicheng's residence outside the palace. If you let the officials know about this, how would you feel?"

Cai You's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood Mu Xu's idea.

Because no matter which dynasty or generation, as long as he is an emperor, the most taboo thing is that foreign ministers and internal servants collude with each other, and Zhao Ji is of course no exception.

"Miao, as long as the officials can see it with their own eyes, then Wang Fu will definitely not be able to eat it and walk around."

Looking at the excited Cai You, Mu Xu went on to say, "For Brother Cai, it is not difficult to confirm whether this news is true or not. As for what to do later, I don't need my younger brother to teach me, right?"

Cai You didn't ask about the source of Mu Xu's information, just nodded and said, "Your brother's great kindness and virtue, I will never forget it as a brother. From now on, I will watch and help each other with my virtuous brother inside and outside the court, and seek prosperity together. .”

"Okay, then let's make a deal!"

The two clapped their hands together as an oath, and they made a provisional covenant.

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According to the provisions of the "Hui Yao" of the Song Dynasty: those who are first selected will worship the captain-in-law, give jade belts, clothes, silver saddles and horses, and collect hundreds of horses, which are called relatives.He also bestowed ten thousand taels of money, which was twice as much as the prince's betrothal gift.Come out and surrender, give Jiadi.Yu is like the system of the wives of the kings.Add four to the palm fan, add ten to the Yinzhang flowers and candle cages, all of which are the gifts of uncles and aunts.All the relatives handed over gifts.

However, due to Mu Xu's special status, he seems to be called Song Chen, but in fact he is no different from a foreign feudal vassal, so he cannot be equated with an ordinary son-in-law.

Therefore, on September [-]th, Zhao Ji sent envoys to summon Mu Xu to the Donghua Gate, and under the witness of civil and military officials, as well as the emperor's relatives, he was received in the Daqing Hall. At the step of granting a Jinshi's background, he directly gave a jade belt, boots, dust wat, saddle, a hundred red silks, a hundred pairs of silverware, and a hundred pieces of clothing.

These are all commonplace, and they are all the normal procedures for the royal family to marry a princess. Until the dowry was awarded, Zhao Ji's unruly side finally appeared.

Originally, according to the old rule, when a princess gets married, the emperor should give a betrothal gold of [-] taels of silver, but Zhao Ji exchanged the [-] taels of silver for Zhao Fujin's love for Zhao Fujin and the consideration of compensating Mu Xu for regaining Yandi. Ten thousand taels of gold caused an uproar among all the officials, who all stared sideways.

After Zhao Ji's reward, the next step is to give a banquet. The banquet has a size of nine.

After the banquet was over, Mu Xu, the son-in-law-to-be, bid farewell to the cheap father-in-law Zhao Ji, and then began the process of announcing the relationship, that is, bringing the reward back to the mansion.

Mu Xu rides on a horse covered with a saddle bridle painted with golden lychee flowers and a mattress made of golden monkey fur. He holds a whip made of silk thread and holds a three-eave umbrella on his head. Playing music in front to open the way, beating all the way, under the watchful eyes of the people in Tokyo City, he returned to the newly decorated Duke Ying's Mansion.

At the same time, the dowry of Zhao Fujin, Emperor Maude's concubine, was also sent to the princess' mansion by a special person from the Ministry of Rites.

Compared with the rewards given to Mu Xu, Zhao Fujin's dowry is even more varied. In addition to gold, silver and jewelry, there are also a phoenix crown decorated with pearls, nine colorful golden pheasants, four phoenixes, and a gorgeous pheasant embroidery. One piece of clothing, one pair of pearl and jade pendants, one gold leather belt, jade dragon crown, ribbon jade ring, north bead crown flower comb ring, seven treasure crown flower comb ring, pearl coat, half-sleeve top, four-season clothes with pearl emerald collar, and bead inlay There are precious gold wares, gold-painted wares, gold-pasted wares, gold-pasted sedan chairs for traveling, etc., as well as Jinxiu silk gold curtains, decorations, mats, carpets, screens and other objects.

At this point, the wedding process has just been halfway through. On September [-]th, which is the day before the wedding, it is time to perform five of the six rituals, namely Nacai, Wenming, and Najib. , accept levy, please period.

Fortunately, things like Wenming and Najib were just passing through the scene, and it was mainly Mu Xu who gave the bride price to the royal family.

On this day, Mu Xu wore casual clothes and a jade belt around his waist, and rode to Hening Gate, where he changed into court clothes, and sent wild geese, coins and silk as betrothal gifts to the palace in person to show his respect for the royal family.

On the day of the wedding, Mu Xu, dressed in bright red wedding attire and leading a carefully selected welcoming team, set off from the mansion at the moment of you, and arrived outside the Hening Gate again.

Mu Xu asked the team to wait here, and he went straight to Zhao Fujin's residence in the harem, Hui Fu Pavilion, and was received by married emperors such as Empress Zheng Shi and Zhao Jinnu. response.

Seeing the auspicious time determined by Qin Tianjian, these royal Yingying and Yanyan finally reluctantly let Mu Xu go. Empress Zheng stepped forward, taught Zhao Fujin a lesson, and sent him out of the boudoir.

But Zhao Fujin, who was so graceful and beautiful, came out after a long time. She was wearing a nine-pipe and four-phoenix crown, a wedding dress embroidered with long-tailed pheasants, and light red sleeves. Under Xu Xu's guidance, they came to the junction of the inner and outer palaces and met with the royal senders.

Immediately Zhao Fujin, supported by Mu Xu, transferred to the Nine Dragons sedan chair. In front of the sedan chair was the astronomical officer, who should be equipped with dowry items and servants according to the status of a princess, twenty pairs of candles and lanterns, corresponding envoys, and eight boys with hairpins on their heads. Four square fans, four round fans, ten pots of flower guides, twenty lanterns, walking barriers, and sitting barriers.

Crown Prince Zhao Huan, as the crown prince and elder brother, rode on horseback on one side of the sedan chair, followed by the rest of the princes and Zhao's clan, followed by the princess and other female relatives.

These relatives sent Zhao Fujin's sedan chair outside the He Ning Gate, and then handed it over to Mu Xu.

At this point in the wedding process, Mu Xu took over as his new wife and escorted her around the city for a week before returning to his mansion.

At this time, at Duke Ying's mansion, as the son of heaven, Zhao Jiyi arrived first with the wedding attendants. After presiding over the wedding ceremony for Mu Xu and Zhao Fujin, he gave nine more banquets before driving back to the palace.

After sending off the empress and all the guests, needless to say, it is the wedding night in the bridal chamber.To tell the truth, even though this happened before in the Red Mansion, Mu Xu felt a little excited when he thought that today he married the most beautiful princess in the Song Dynasty and changed her original tragic fate.

After taking off the red hijab and drinking Hejiu wine, what happened afterwards corresponds to this Xijiangyue:
Under the moon, the clouds are lifted early, and the tents in front of the lamp are late to sleep.It's still a girl tonight.Tomorrow is actually a lady.

The maid steals the emerald quilt, and the groom tries his eyebrows for the first time.The most pitiful makeup is when you see people.Congratulations all the way.

The next day, it was rare for Mu Xu not to get up early, and to sleep with his newlywed wife until the sun was high.

Because there was no in-laws in charge, Zhao Fujin adapted quickly. On the second day, she had already regarded herself as the mistress of Ying Guogong's mansion, and walked around the whole mansion with great interest. After meeting the servants of the mansion, she So he proposed to Mu Xu that he should go to the princess mansion to have a look.

Of course Mu Xu would not refute this little request from his lovely wife, and immediately ordered someone to put on the carriage, and the husband and wife rode together on the carriage, and rushed towards Maode Diji's mansion.

On the way, Zhao Fujin snuggled into Mu Xu's arms, looked at the bustling street outside through the curtain of the car, and asked softly, "Sir, when are we going north?"

Mu Xu tightened his grip on the beautiful woman in his arms, and asked with a smile, "Why, is it possible that my lady is reluctant to leave Tokyo and not want to go to Yunzhou with my husband?"

Zhao Fujin hastily argued, "That's not true. People just asked me this way. Although a concubine is born in the royal family, I still understand the principle of marrying a chicken as a chicken and marrying a dog as a dog. Where the husband goes, the concubine must go."

Mu Xu nodded Zhao Fujin's upturned nose, and said with a smile, "Okay, if you dare to call my husband a chicken or a dog, let's see how he treats you!"

As he spoke, he stretched his hand to Zhao Fujin's waist and scratched her itch, making her coquettish and angry.

The two quarreled for a while, while Zhao Fujin tidied up his clothes and said worriedly, "It's been a long way to Yunzhou, and I don't know when I will be able to return to the capital. I really can't let go of my younger brothers and sisters. Since the death of my mother and concubine, the four of us People have always depended on each other.

Especially the fourteenth sister, she is still young, if she does not have a concubine to take care of her, I don't know if she can get used to life in the palace. "

Since he wanted to marry Zhao Fujin, Mu Xu wanted to know about her brothers and sisters. According to what Mu Xu inquired from Zhao Kai, there were five brothers and sisters of Zhao Fujin's mother. There are three younger brothers and one younger sister, namely Zhao Fen, Zhao Mo, Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Fujin.

Among them, for some unknown reason, Zhao Ji was demoted as a commoner by Zhao Ji two years ago, Zhao Mo was given the title of King Qi, Zhao Zhen was called King of Pingyang, and Zhao Fujin was called Emperor Xunde.

In the original history, except for Zhao Fu, there is no clear record, the remaining three people including Zhao Fujin, because of the incompetence of their father and brother, their fate was not very good. During the Jingkang Incident, Zhao Mo and Zhao Zhen were taken captive to Wuguocheng. In the end, he died in a foreign land.

And Zhao Fujin, after being forced to marry Wanyan Zonghan's eldest son Zhenzhu King Wanyan She, also disappeared, and his fate is worrying.

(End of this chapter)