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

Chapter 1126: Zhou-Tao Marriage
The weather is getting hotter day by day.

In early summer, there were several weddings in the capital, including the family that had received a marriage grant from the late emperor.

General Zhou and his family had just moved into the mansion granted by the emperor, and soon after, they welcomed a wedding. Zhou Yijun married the granddaughter of Tao Gelao. The wedding was very grand, with 40 tables. Both the man and the woman were the top dignitaries of the current Great Chu Dynasty, so this scale was considered restrained. Cheng Enhou, as the representative of the Zhou family, and Tao Gelao, as the elder of the bride's family, jointly hosted the wedding banquet. The two talked and laughed at the table, and got along well. In the eyes of outsiders, it was obvious that the relatives who supported the new king to succeed to the throne and the powerful generals of the border army had a harmonious relationship with the cabinet, and the civil and military officials got along well with each other, without any contradictions or differences. It has been half a year since the Great Chu changed its new king, and the court is still harmonious today!

Before the wedding banquet began, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the new emperor all issued imperial decrees and bestowed many gifts, which made the Zhou and Tao families look even more proud.

As the former subordinates of the Duke of Zhenguo of the Zhou family, the Hai family also had indirect in-laws, and Hai Jiao and Zhou Yijun were close friends, so the Hai family was also invited to be the guests of honor at the wedding banquet. However, Haitang stayed with her grandmother and sister-in-law and did not move around during the banquet. Except for Zhou Wenjun, the cousin of the groom, who helped her aunt Mrs. Zhou Si come out to greet the female guests, and she chatted with her for a few words, Haitang did not find other opportunities to talk with her good friends.

Zhou Xuejun is the future queen. Although she is the groom's biological sister, she will not come out to entertain guests now. She was arranged to be the chief guest of the female guests, accompanying several royal princesses and princesses. As for Wu Qiong, as the future Princess Kang, she is also a guest of the Zhou family. She has been with Zhou Xuejun today, and the Zhou family's fourth house and Cheng'en Marquis have not arranged any work for her.

Haitang was with her family, and it was not easy for her to move around in such a lively banquet. She could only glance at her two friends from afar, exchange glances with them, and just treat it as a reminisce. As for more communication, they can wait until they are free and find a way to exchange letters. Although Zhou Xuejun and Wu Qiong were taken to live in the Cining Palace, they have not lost contact with their families. Haitang can still send letters to the two friends through her brother Haijiao. This is a bit inefficient, but at least the three of them can still contact each other and exchange information.

Haitang just attended a wedding banquet in a dull manner, and then returned home with her family in a dull manner. Her family's experience at the wedding banquet was equally dull. There was nothing they could do in such an occasion. Except for Haijiao who went to Zhou's house in advance, gave his good friend Zhou Yijun a generous wedding gift, chatted with him for a long time, and helped to block a lot of wine at the wedding banquet, the rest of the Hai family were just like other guests.

However, after the banquet, when Ma mentioned that the former residence of the Wu family in the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion had been rebuilt, and the wedding of Cheng'en Marquis Wu Ke was almost time, and the family needed to prepare appropriate clothes and accessories for the wedding banquet, Zhuang Minyi couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

She had some concerns, but was too embarrassed to mention them in front of her grandmother-in-law and sister-in-law, so she asked her husband in private, "Should our whole family attend the Wu family's wedding banquet? I wonder how grand the Wu family's wedding will be? If it's as grand as the Zhou family's last time, with royal relatives and dignitaries coming, I'll always feel a little uneasy."

Hai Jiao was puzzled: "Why are you worried? Although Wu Ke has the title of Cheng En Bo, his family background is not as good as Zhou Yijun's. Our family attended Zhou Yijun's wedding safely and came back. It's Wu Ke's turn to get married. What do you have to worry about?"

Zhuang Minyi was a little embarrassed: "Last time I was at Zhou's house, I didn't recognize anyone. I could only follow behind my grandmother and greet people. I always needed my aunt to tell me who I met and what taboos there were. But there were so many people attending the wedding banquet that day that I couldn't remember them all. If it weren't for my aunt's help, I'm afraid I would have made a fool of myself in front of everyone. The Zhou family's wedding banquet was so difficult, and now it's the Wu family's turn... I'm afraid it will be like last time..."

Hai Jiao understood, smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry, the Wu family doesn't have the same appearance as the Zhou family. Zhou Yijun married the granddaughter of the prime minister, while Wu Ke's new wife is the daughter of the side branch of the impoverished Zhang family. At that time, except for the possibility that Prince Kang will attend and Prince An will also come to help support the scene, there shouldn't be many royal relatives showing up. On the contrary, more Wu family members and scholars in the capital may come. Lord Wu Wen'an is still very famous. Although his reputation has been much worse in the years before the accident, he is still a leader in the literary world and a master of scholars in the eyes of literati outside the court who are not aware of the political struggles in the court! His family suffered a disaster, and for many years, due to the power of the Sun family, the world dared not say much. Now that the Wu family has finally turned over, and the grandson of Lord Wu Wen'an is going to get married, how could those scholars not come to congratulate? Are you afraid that you can't handle such guests?"

After hearing this, Zhuang Minyi felt a little relieved, but she was still a little scared.

Although her grandfather Zhuang Shitong was also a member of the Wumen, he had not been exiled for decades because of his family background and connections. He was only demoted. Compared with other Wumen, this setback in his career was nothing. Zhuang Shitong served as an official in a remote place for many years, which also made his connections in the officialdom very limited. If it were not for his old friend Xie Wenzai, who kept in touch with the rest of his companions, and if it were not for the further increase of correspondence and the accumulation of some affection after his companions were pardoned, Zhuang Shitong's situation would have been even more isolated.

Zhuang Minyi has been living with her father in Datong. She was reunited with her grandfather only a few years ago, and she was even less familiar with her grandfather's old friends. She was not a person who was good at socializing, and she rarely went out to socialize in Chang'an. The only people she could say she had some friendships with were her aunt Haitang, several daughters of the Zhou family introduced by Haitang, and Wu Qiong, an orphan of the Wu family who was traveling with the daughters of the Zhou family. But her relationship with the daughters of the Zhou and Wu families was ordinary, and she could not be said to be very close. She followed her grandmother-in-law to attend the wedding banquets of the Zhou and Wu families. She didn't know anyone, and she was not good at chatting and socializing with people, so she really had no idea.

At the Zhou family's wedding banquet, she sat with her sister-in-law, who also helped her avoid making a fool of herself. But at the Wu family's wedding banquet, she might not be so lucky.

According to what my aunt got from Miss Wu, the young girls seemed to be planning to sit at a separate table from the other guests so that they could chat and reminisce. What would she do if my aunt was not around? Should she expect her grandmother to be like my aunt, introducing everyone to her and reminding her not to offend others in her conversation?

Even if Grandmother Ma has the patience, she, as the granddaughter-in-law, doesn't have the face to do so!