After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 1008: One Thousand Chapters and Eighth Chapter
Ma's prediction was very accurate. She had only been gone for half an hour when she hurried back to Haixiya, who had already gone to the Ministry of Revenue, and said, "Hurry up and get ready! The imperial edict will be here soon to announce the imperial decree granting the marriage!"

Hai Xiya received the letter from the Ministry of Revenue. His superior called him over to inform him of the matter and told him to go home and make preparations. The head of the Ministry of Revenue was proud that one of the officials in the Ministry of Revenue could marry the nephew of the current empress dowager, and he was polite to Hai Xiya.

Hai Xiya didn't expect that the marriage order would arrive today, so he hurried back to inform his family to prepare. When he announced it, the whole family was shocked, happy and annoyed. The Hai family had never received an imperial decree before, so how should they prepare?
Xie Wenzai was the only one who had calmed down in the front yard: "Hurry up and set up the incense table! If you don't have it at home, send someone out to buy some immediately! The shops on Zhengyangmen Street should have ready-made goods." There were many officials living in this neighborhood, so there must be more than one person who needed to prepare the incense table and related items for receiving the imperial edict.

Haitang had just put on two or three gorgeous hairpins and rings, and rushed to the front yard to comfort the elders, saying, "Don't worry, I have already asked people to buy the things. They are all stored in the tea room. Just ask them to bring them out and put them on display."

Hai Xiya was surprised: "How could you let people buy these? Grandpa didn't even know about them!"

Haitang's cheeks were slightly red, and she was a little shy: "After hearing about the marriage granted by the previous emperor, I have been thinking about this matter. As long as the marriage does not change, the marriage decree will come to our house sooner or later. At that time, we will need an incense table to receive the decree. Prepare it in advance, so as not to be in a hurry when the time comes." As for what to buy, Haitang, who had been in the palace for decades in her previous life, naturally knew it. Prepare in advance, have plenty of time, and she can also send the errand boys to choose high-quality goods, and even negotiate a good price!

The things were quickly taken out from the teahouse. Hai Xiya personally set up the incense table, and Xie Wenzai and Lu Bainian also came forward to help. After a while, the incense table was set up, and the messenger arrived at the entrance of the alley.

After receiving the letter, Ma hurried back and arrived home just before the imperial edict was delivered. She was finally able to welcome the imperial edict with her husband, granddaughter, daughter-in-law, and grandson. Hai Jiao and Hai Chang'an also received the letter and went home with the imperial edict deliverer. The Hai family reunited, and the three adult male members all changed into their official uniforms and knelt together to welcome the imperial edict.

After the decree was issued, the messenger had to issue the decree to the next family, and he declined Hai Xiya's invitation to come in for tea. However, he knew that although this family had only produced a few minor officials, they were about to marry the younger generation of Empress Dowager Xu's only maternal relatives, and his grandson had just made a contribution to saving the emperor, so the future was bright. Therefore, he was very friendly to the Hai family and did not put on airs at all.

Ma gestured to Haijiao to give the messenger a red envelope to "get some good luck". The messenger accepted it calmly, with an even wider smile on his face. He praised the shy Haitang a lot, saying that she was a talented, beautiful, well-educated and elegant daughter. He also praised Hai Xiya for her good family education, Hai Chang'an, Haijiao and Xiao Shitou, and accepted the Hai family's invitation to attend the wedding next year. After chatting for a while, he took his people and left.

It was said that the next place the imperial edict official would go was the Zhang family. As for the Wu family, since Wu Ke was currently staying in Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion, the imperial edict official had already gone there in advance. As for the Zhou family's marriage arrangements, another imperial edict official was in charge, and his official position was higher than the one who came to the Hai family.

After hearing the news, no one in the Hai family cared. The Zhang family, a long-established in-law, was ranked behind the Hai family in receiving the imperial decree. What did they have to complain about?

The most important thing is that after the marriage decree was issued, the marriage between the Hai family girl and Jin Jiashu was finally implemented and there would be no more changes. This made the Hai family feel relieved. In addition, now that the national mourning has passed, everyone does not need to worry about anything, and they are naturally happy. Some neighbors who received the letter came to congratulate them, and Hai Xiya and his wife also smiled and thanked them, and also entertained these unfamiliar neighbors at home for tea and snacks. As for Haitang, she was naturally surrounded and sat in the upper room of the main courtyard early. On this day, there was an endless stream of guests coming to congratulate. Even the female relatives who came to the upper room to see Haitang, the bride-to-be, were at least thirty or fifty people. Haitang never knew that her family had so many friends in the capital. These people were not just new neighbors who had met a few times, most of them were the wives, daughters and daughters-in-law of the old Wumen who had met in the northwest in the past. Everyone could tell many past experiences when they met Ma. Their blessings to Haitang were all sincere, and Haitang thanked them sincerely one by one.

The old students of Wumen who returned to Beijing earlier than the Hai family might not all be able to climb to high positions, but they knew much more about the news in Beijing than the Hai family. The ladies sat in the upper room of the main courtyard and chatted with Ma about family gossips. They mentioned the news in Beijing and praised Jin Jiashu.

It is said that Jin Jiashu is the son of a scholarly family. He lost his father when he was young, so his enemies are naturally the damn Sun family. He grew up under the care of the Zhou and Hai families. He studied hard and had integrity. He was already a scholar at a young age. He went to Beijing and became a new noble relative of the emperor, but he never got carried away and always kept his duty. Empress Dowager Xu pitied him for losing his parents at a young age and favored him a little more. He often advised Empress Dowager Xu, declined many royal graces, and always maintained a humble and polite demeanor. What is this called? This is the character of a scholar! Even if his identity changed, from a country boy to a distinguished relative of the emperor, he still did not change his original intention. In the literati circle of the Great Chu Dynasty, there is no more politically correct political correctness than this!
Jin Jiashu's background, experiences, and behavior are all in line with Wu Men Gusheng's heart. Therefore, Wu Men Gusheng said good things about him and was naturally optimistic about his marriage with Haitang. Although Jin Jiashu is the nephew of Empress Dowager Xu, Empress Dowager Xu was born as a palace maid of the Empress Dowager, and she helped and raised the King Kang left by the Empress Dowager Wu, so she can be considered as one of their own. Marriage between one's own people is naturally a good thing, how can everyone not bless it? Everyone agreed that on the day of Haitang's wedding, they must go to the wedding to hold up the scene for the newlyweds, so as not to let outsiders laugh at the Jin and Hai families for being weak.

The Hai family was very busy all day, and it was not until nightfall that the guests who came to congratulate gradually dispersed. Tired from the day, the Hai family members gathered again in the upper room of the main courtyard. Everyone had sore backs and legs, hoarse voices, and did not even have the strength to say another word.

After sitting "shyly" all day and enjoying a day of leisure, Haitang stood up and asked the maids and servants to serve a rich and delicious dinner to her family and thank them for their hard work today.

Seeing this, Little Stone couldn't help but wonder: "Big sister, today is your big day, why do you look so calm?"

Haitang felt that everyone in the family was looking at her, so she smiled and said, "I am happy in my heart, but grandma told me not to make a fool of myself in front of others, so I tried hard to pretend to be calm. How is it? I pretended well, didn't I?"

Little Stone thought about it, then nodded in agreement: "You're so good at pretending. You fooled me!"

Haijiao laughed secretly. Haitang was afraid that he would say something to tease her again, so she immediately changed the subject: "Grandma went to her cousin's house this morning. How is Sister Baozhu's marriage going? Who did cousin Qiao ask to be the matchmaker?"

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