Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chapter 492 The Big Wedding
The city of Huangzhou was decorated with lights and big red lanterns hung high inside the city lord's mansion.

The carriages and horses have been prepared, and countless people are looking at Chen Jiusi, who has been dressed up and is riding on a tall horse, ready to go out to welcome the bride.

Countless people were watching the fun, and the whole scene was extremely lively.

Chen Jiusi was wearing a wedding suit and riding a big horse. Behind him were the strong warriors selected from the White Tiger Army and a group of seven or eight groomsmen. Chen Xiaohu, Zhou Chu, Bai Mosheng, and other old brothers were all wearing groomsmen suits and following behind.

In the courtyard behind him, preparations for today's banquet have already begun. A total of eight famous chefs from the four major cuisines of Huai, Shandong, Yue and Yang have been invited to the banquet, in addition to a dozen chefs from other minor cuisines.

The chefs prepared a total of twenty-eight dishes, and the whole scene was extremely lively.

Chen Jiusi's former butler Si Xi came to the courtyard in person to handle this banquet.

Si Xi was seen running around the courtyard frantically, asking about the arrangements of the major cuisines and checking all the places that needed attention.

At this time, Su Yunjin was sitting in the backyard, lost in thought, looking a little absent-minded.

Huang Wan'er looked at Su Yunjin and said to Ma Xiuying, "Sister Yunjin is like this. She looks very calm at ordinary times, but once it comes to the critical moment, she easily loses her concentration."

After hearing this, Ma Xiuying said, "Sister Yunjin, are you okay?"

Su Yunjin came back to her senses and said, "It's nothing. I just remembered some things when I married my husband."

After Su Yunjin heard this, Ma Xiuying said, "Haha, now that you mentioned this, I remembered some funny things that happened during my wedding with Chongba. At that time, he was so stupid and just smiled foolishly the whole time. It's really funny to think about it."

Huang Wan'er heard this and said, "Your husband, Chongba, is a good man. He only has one wife, Sister Ma. He is not like my husband, who is always flirting with other women. Having the two of us is not enough, so he married a princess. I don't know how many women he will marry in the future."

Ma Xiuying heard this and said, "Haha, there is no man who is not unfaithful. In fact, our Chongba has several mistresses, but it doesn't matter. As women, we just need to remember that our men are really good to us, and that's enough!"

Su Yunjin said: "Sister Ma is right. Sincerity is rewarded with sincerity. As long as he is sincere to us, we don't have any other requirements."

Huang Wan'er heard this and said, "Listening to what you two said, I am the one who is being hypocritical."

Ma Xiuying looked at Huang Wan'er and said, "You are different from me and Yun Jin. We are both taciturn and can't express ourselves, but you are very good at expressing yourself and will be liked by men. But I still say that this world never requires a man to marry only one woman in his life. Men like them are destined to have more than one woman."

"But you should be able to feel whether he is sincere to you. If he is sincere to you, we can't close ourselves off too much, right?"

Huang Wan'er heard what Ma Xiuying said and said, "Sister Ma and Yun Jin are both good wives and good mothers, but unfortunately I am not!"

After hearing what Huang Wan'er said, Ma Xiuying laughed and said, "Hahaha, people like you are more likable."

As the three girls were talking, they suddenly heard a crisp voice: "Ah, the young master is awake!"

After hearing this, the three of them turned around and saw three children in baskets not far away. The older girl on the left was Chen Jie’s eldest daughter, Chen Luoning.

Then, in the two baskets on the side, there were two babies still in swaddling clothes. The slightly older one on the left was Su Yunjin's child, Chen Jie's eldest son, Chen Li.

The slightly thinner man on the right is Ma Xiuying’s son, Zhu Yuanzhang’s eldest son, Zhu Biao.

At this time, the two little masters woke up at the same time, and started crying. When Chen Luoning saw that the two children were crying, he seemed to follow the crowd and also burst into tears.

Then three mothers came over with distressed expressions, hugged their children and said, "Oh, don't cry, don't cry!"

Seeing this scene, I have to say that the crying of the future crown prince of the two major forces was truly earth-shaking.

The three mothers were holding their children and gossiping. Su Yunjin looked at Ma Xiuying's son Zhu Biao and said, "Sister, this child is really cute. Can I hold him for a while?"

Ma Xiuying heard this and said, "Why not? It's not a golden doll."

As he said that, he handed Zhu Biao to Su Yunjin, and Su Yunjin handed his Chen Li to Ma Xiuying. The two of them held each other's babies and loved them very much.

At this moment, little Zhu Biao didn't know where he got the strength from, but he grabbed Su Yunjin's buttons all of a sudden, and with a little force, he pulled the buttons off.

Seeing this scene, Ma Xiuying was shocked and said, "Sister, I'm sorry, the child's hands are quick."

Su Yunjin saw this and said, "It's okay. This child is energetic. I like him. Besides, the little guy actually ripped off my buttons. Sister, I have an idea, but I don't know if I should say it or not."

After hearing this, Ma Xiuying was stunned and asked, "What idea?"

Su Yunjin said: "There is a custom in our hometown. If a child pulls off another woman's buttons, the child must recognize the woman as his godmother. In this way, the woman can protect the child from disasters, and the child can also bring blessings to the woman!"

"So I want to adopt this child as my godson. I wonder if my sister can agree."

Ma Xiuying was stunned when she heard this, and then she said, "This, this is a great thing. My Biaoer can recognize Yunjin as his godmother. This is a blessing for my Biaoer."

"If that's the case, why don't we recognize each other as godmothers? How about letting Xiao Chenli recognize me as his godmother?"

Ma Xiuying also loved the little Chen Li in the cradle very much.

After hearing this, Su Yunjin said, "That's great, we are even closer than before."

As he spoke, Su Yunjin said to Yin Hongmei who was standing beside him, "Hongmei, go to my room. I have a golden longevity lock there. Bring it here. I want to give it to Xiao Biaoer as a gift."

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiuying felt around and found a crystal clear jade pendant. She said, "This jade pendant is something I carry with me. I'll give it to Xiao Chen as a gift!"

Su Yunjin heard this and said, "That's great. I would like to thank Sister Ma on behalf of my son Li'er."

The two chatted and laughed and confirmed their relationship. Huang Wan'er, who was standing by, said, "Sister Ma, Yunjin, you two recognize each other as godmothers, which makes me seem redundant."

Ma Xiuying said, "Haha, I forgot there is a pretty girl. Sister Huang, if you don't mind, how about we become godparents?"

After hearing this, Huang Wan'er said, "Okay, okay, in that case, let's become godparents."

In this way, Ma Xiuying became Huang Wan'er's godparent. All of a sudden, the relationship between them became much closer and their affection for each other became deeper.

In fact, this godparenting also involves the thoughts behind each other’s mothers.

You have to know that the godfathers and godmothers of this era are not as cold and indifferent as those in later generations. They cannot be said to treat their sons as their entire sons, but they are definitely half sons.

The world is undergoing tremendous changes now, and no one knows who will have the last laugh, not to mention the huge Daqian court.

They adopted each other as godparents in order to have a plan for the future. If one day, one of them was defeated by someone else, they could send their sons to their godparents to avoid disaster.

One day, Chen Jiusi and Zhu Chongba really fought each other for the sake of fighting for the world. If one of them was defeated in the end, they would spare the other's offspring, after all, they had this godparent relationship.

Even if these two men really want to fight each other to the death, these two women can persuade them from behind and save their godsons' lives.

It can be said that there are many political considerations behind this godparent relationship!

Don’t underestimate the three women’s casual remarks here, they are enough to influence the future situation of the world!

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Amidst music and dance, the wedding procession set out from the City Lord's Mansion and headed straight for the Reception Hall in Huangzhou Prefecture. The Reception Hall was a grand manor that Chen Jie had specially vacated for this grand wedding.

At this time, inside the manor, King Ruyang was sitting in the courtyard.

His expression changed a little. He entered Huangzhou Prefecture yesterday. After entering Huangzhou Prefecture, he was truly shocked by this city.

There was actually no curfew in this city. They entered the city very late last night, but the streets were still brightly lit. He even saw the last distinctive pedestrian street of Huangzhou Prefecture and the huge commercial building.

All this shocked Prince Ruyang. After all, this was not something he could easily see. Even he had never seen such a scene in Longxing Prefecture. It could be said that the prosperity of Huangzhou Prefecture had far exceeded the prosperity of Longxing Prefecture under his jurisdiction.

Thinking of this, Prince Ruyang felt a little frustrated. After all, he had always believed that Chen Jiusi was just lucky, but now it seems that he is more than just lucky, but also has outstanding abilities.

From this point of view, marrying Yaya to him should bring happiness.

This made Prince Ruyang very happy, but he couldn't help but worry. After all, the good development of Huangzhou Prefecture meant that it had a high war potential, and others might not know about Chen Jiusi, so how could he not know?

He is a definite anti-imperial figure, which means he poses the greatest threat to the imperial court.

Thinking of this, King Ruyang was really happy and worried, it was like heaven and hell.

Prince Ruyang looked at the situation around him and pondered for a long time. At this time, Wang Baobao came over and said, "Father is ready."

After hearing this, Prince Ruyang said, "Well, that's good. I told you not to let that boy marry your daughter so easily. Did you hear me?"

Wang Baobao said: "Yes, I know. These questions I prepared were designed by the smartest people in Longxing Prefecture. There will be no problem!"

After hearing this, King Ruyang said, "That's good!"

Wang Baobao asked: "But what if Chen Jiusi can't answer it?"

King Ruyang said: "Humph, isn't he known to be extremely smart? If he can't even do this, I will still marry Yaya to him, but he will have to bow his head to me when he sees Yaya in the future."

Wang Baobao heard this and said, "Father is wise!"

King Ruyang said: "Humph, this time we must kill his arrogance!"

At this point, Wang Baobao nodded, and at this time, he heard the sound of musical instruments coming from outside. King Ruyang said, "I will go and prepare first, you let him pass the first level first."

Wang Baobao said: "Yes."

Immediately afterwards, Wang Baobao arrived at the door, and then heard the sound of gongs and drums outside.

Wang Baobao gave a wink and immediately went to the left and right to block the door.

Chen Jie arrived at the door of the guesthouse, and immediately heard Chen Xiaohu shouting, "Sister-in-law, my brother is here to take you home!"

After shouting, the person in charge came forward and knocked on the door, "Open the door, the groom is here to pick up the bride."

At this time, the door opened slightly, and then Wang Baobao walked out, followed by a few old scholar-like people.

At this time, Wang Baobao looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, I can't let you marry my sister so easily. If you want to marry my sister, you must pass three tests first!"

After hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Wang Baobao and said, "Third uncle, you are going too far."

Wang Baobao asked, "Why are you afraid?" Chen Jie laughed and said, "Well, since my family has raised their opinions, I will take up the challenge. Third uncle, you set the questions!"

After hearing this, a group of people immediately gathered around, ready to see how the bride's family would make things difficult for the groom. This is also the custom. After all, if it is too easy for the man to marry the woman, it will make the woman look cheap.

Although this is complete nonsense, Chen Jie decided to abide by this custom.

At this time, Chen Jie looked at Wang Baobao and said, "Do I have to answer this question alone, or can someone else remind me?"

After hearing this, Wang Baobao looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, you are not allowed to be reminded by others, but today I will give you a backdoor. As long as the people around you can give the correct answer within the specified time, you will also win."

Chen Jie said: "Well, please ask the questions."

Wang Baobao said, "Okay, today's questions have three levels in total. The first level tests poetry and songs. The man my sister wants to marry must be someone with outstanding talent!"

"Chen Jiusi, do you dare to accept the challenge?"

After hearing this, a group of people immediately whispered.

Chen Xiaohu felt overwhelmed when he heard about poetry and songs. He pushed Bai Mosheng and Hu Weiyong forward because they were two intellectuals after all.

At this time, people who were watching the excitement not far away were also talking about it.

Tang He looked at the people in the field and said, "It's really not easy to find a wife."

After hearing this, the people behind him believed it deeply.

At this time, Wang Baobao said, "Today's first level has two questions, one poem and one pair. You must be ready."

Chen Jie said: "I'm ready, please ask the questions!"

Wang Baobao said: "The first question is about poetry. Please ask the head of Longxing Prefecture to set the question."

At this time, an old man stood up and said, "I have a question. Please write a poem with one, two, three, four. However, one, two, three, four are not allowed to appear in the poem. Moreover, each sentence of the poem must be embedded with a weapon, and it must be rhymed and well-balanced!"

When this question was asked, everyone in the room was stunned, followed by the educated scholars who began to calculate secretly, frowning.

The poem should be written in the order of one, two, three, four, but it cannot have only one, two, three, four. It must also secretly refer to the brothers.

The requirements for this kind of poetry are not simple. You should know that the earliest representative of this kind of poetry is the one about brothers that Cao Pi asked Cao Zhi to write.

The theme was to be brothers, but no mention of brothers was allowed in any sentence. Finally, it was required to be a poem in seven steps, and then there was the famous "boiling beans and burning bean pods, all crying in the pot"...

The poems and essays produced by this old scholar today are not much simpler than this poem. Of course, there are some slack in some places, for example, they did not require it to be a famous piece for all ages.

Chen Jie frowned slightly, and the wedding party nearby also frowned.

This poem is not simple.

Thinking of this, Wang Baobao said, "Chen Jiusi, the ancients required seven steps to complete a poem. It's not that difficult for us. Here is an incense stick, and one stick of incense time. If you can't do it, don't blame us."

After hearing this, Wang Baobao asked someone to light incense. Chen Xiaohu took a look and said, "Wang Baobao, your incense is too thin. I'm afraid it doesn't even last half the time of ordinary incense. Aren't you cheating?"

After hearing this, Wang Baobao glanced at Chen Xiaohu and said, "Brother Chen, does your shouting count as time?"

Chen Xiaohu was about to get mad when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he stomped his feet, turned back to look at Zhou Chu who was confused, and said, "Old Zhou, can you do it?"

Hearing this, Old Zhou said with a bitter face: "I don't know as many words as you do. If your sister-in-law had given me this question, I would not have married her. It's too difficult for me."

After hearing this, Chen Xiaohu looked at Bai Mosheng standing beside him and said, "Lao Bai, you are a cultured person, this shouldn't be a problem for you, right?"

Bai Mosheng frowned and said, "One sand, one stone, and one peak. There are only three of them, and you have to bring weapons. This is too difficult."

Chen Xiaohu looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The question the other party asked means one, two, three, four. It refers to four changes, which must be related. For example, from sand to stone, and then to a mountain. This is one, two, three. Do you understand the changes?"

Chen Xiaohu said: "Then use this?"

Bai Mosheng said: "The other side said they were carrying weapons. Where did these weapons come from? Who is whose mother?"

Chen Xiaohu understood immediately, then looked at Lao Bai and said, "If it's so difficult, then think about it quickly."

"Old Hu, do you have any ideas?"

Hu Weiyong said: "It's difficult, but if you can give me an hour or two it should be no problem."

Chen Xiaohu said, "It's not just one or two hours. Look, the incense is almost one-third burned."

"Old Hu, you are the most knowledgeable among us, so I'll leave this to you."

Hu Weiyong scratched his head impatiently and said, "General Hu, please don't rush me. The more you urge me, the less I can remember."

Hu Weiyong was also a little impatient. At this time, in the crowd not far away, Tang He looked at Li Shanchang who was silently thinking and said, "Mr. Li, have you thought of it?"

Li Shanchang heard this and said, "Well, the academician of Longxing Prefecture does have some skills. This poem is not difficult, but in such a short time, it requires a strong wit to make it rhyme. If I could be given one or two hours, I could do it, but they only gave me one stick of incense, this..."

Li Shanchang was also in trouble, but it was not his fault. Neither he nor Hu Weiyong were actually quick-witted people.

In fact, they are more of the type that takes a steady and cautious approach. When it comes to quick wit, Li Shanchang is not as good as Liu Bowen, and Hu Weiyong is not even as good as Liu Bowen's disciple Yang Xian. Therefore, when a surprise attack was launched at this time, it would be really difficult for them to come up with corresponding poems and essays to respond.

Seeing the two of them like this, Zhu Chongba smacked his lips and said, "I said this princess is not easy to marry. Your sister-in-law is better. She never asks us questions like this."

After hearing this, Tang He said, "I wonder if Chen can bear this."

The three people were whispering to each other, and the people outside were watching the situation inside. After a long time, someone suddenly shouted, "Look at the groom."

At this time, everyone looked at Chen Jie, who stretched out his hand to grasp the ceremonial knife of the guard beside him, and then pulled it out directly, and swung the knife diagonally into the air to cut.

At the same time, Chen Jie muttered: "Cut the thorns and break the formation with your sword!"

After these words were spoken, everyone became alert. It seemed that Chen Jiusi was ready to make a move to break the formation.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Jie swung the knife and slashed it from top to bottom, which was called chopping.

"Split the clouds, split the halberd, and shake the dust!"

The next moment Chen Jie waved his hand and thrust forward, which was a stab.

"The broken sword pierces the star and goes away!"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Jie put the sword back into the sheath, and that was the end of his sword show.

"Withdraw the troops, sink the guns, and return under the moon!"

After reading a poem, Chen Jie looked at the scholar from Longxing Prefecture and asked, "What do you think, old sir?"

Xue Zhengdao: "One, two, three, four?"

Chen Jie said: "The key points of my Five Tigers Breaking Door Sword are: one, two, three, four, chop, split, stab, and withdraw!"

"weapon!"

"Knife, halberd, sword, spear!"

Chen Jie said: "Xuezheng, is there anything else you want to teach me?"

After hearing this, Xue Zhengdao said: "In ancient times, Cao Zhi could compose a poem in seven steps. Today, Chen Daxia can compose a poem with a sword. This will surely become a legend in the Confucian community. Congratulations, you have passed my test!"

Xue Zheng took a step back and seemed upright.

The people around looked at Chen Jie with amazement in their eyes. They didn't expect that Chen Jiusi had such a talent for poetry.

Chen Jie was not very proud of this. After all, he was also a student of the Faculty of Arts in his previous life. As the saying goes, if one reads 300 Tang poems, one will be able to recite them even if one cannot compose poems.

Don’t do basic exercises!

Chen Jie was very calm, but the people around him were very surprised. Chen Xiaohu was so happy that he bared his teeth and said, "Hahaha, Lao Hu, I said my brother is good, I said my brother is good!"

Hu Weiyong looked at the excited Chen Xiaohu and said, "General Hu, you said that?"

Chen Xiaohu said, "I told you, but you didn't hear it. Well, let's not talk about this anymore. What couplets are there next? Please help me think of them."

Hu Weiyong said: "Well, I'll try my best."

Wang Baobao looked at Chen Jie in surprise. He had never expected that Chen Jie was a man of both literary and martial talents. He looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, I didn't expect you to be able to write poetry. But don't be too happy. The next couplet is very difficult!"

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Haha, then please give me a question."

Wang Baobao looked at a scholar in white clothes beside him and said, "This is the famous coupletist Wang Ya, nicknamed Duichuanchang, from Jiangnan. Let him come up with the questions."

At this time, the scholar in white came up to Chen Jie with a fan and said, "I'll give you a couplet, and you answer it!"

After hearing this, Chen Jie's eyes narrowed slightly and he said, "Tell me now."

"Read in spring, read in autumn, read in spring and autumn and read the Spring and Autumn Annals!"

After the scholar in white said this, he looked at Wang Baobao and said, "Young Prince, this couplet is absolute. I asked people in Jiangnan with this couplet and no one could give an answer. So please, young prince, give the groom more time, so that people won't accuse me of bullying others!"

After hearing this, Wang Baobao said, "Okay, then give me two sticks of incense. Don't say that I bullied you, Chen Jiusi!"

After hearing this, Chen Jie said directly: "No need for two incense sticks, I already have the second line!"

"Ok?"

Everyone in the audience was shocked after hearing this. Before they could react, Chen Jiusi had already come up with the second line?
(End of this chapter)