Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 36 Marriage (2)

Zhu's Changchun Garden, as the place where the wedding banquet was held today, was already full of guests and very lively.

Big red lanterns were hung high, setting off the joyous atmosphere at the banquet. Everyone raised their glasses and wrote inscriptions to congratulate Zhu Jintang, the eldest son of the Zhu family, for finding a magistrate's daughter as his wife.

Although the Shen family is not as famous as the Qin family, it can still be regarded as a family of officials.

Before the Zhu family and the Shen family got engaged, many people speculated that Zhu Jintang would marry another daughter of the Qin family. .However, she was chosen by Mrs. Zhu after looking at her birth date. Therefore, many unpredictable people today are full of curiosity about this new wife of the Zhu family.

Zhu Jintang, who was dressed in a bright red wedding gown, walked right and left among the guests, facing the wind, with raised eyebrows, accepting the congratulations from the guests. His facial features, which were originally deep and rigid, seemed much calmer.

"Cousin, I wish you a happy wedding, a happy marriage for a hundred years, and grow old together." Zhu Jinlun, the second young master of the Zhu family, took the initiative to offer a toast to Zhu Jintang, with a gentle and joyful smile on his handsome and fair face.

Zhu Jinlun is the eldest grandson of Erfang, only one year younger than Zhu Jinlun.Different from Zhu Jintang's meticulous and rigid attitude, Zhu Jinlun looks much more kind, but when he does things, he is as relentless and resolute as Zhu Jintang.

Perhaps, this is the excellence of the descendants of the Zhu family. As long as you observe carefully, you will find that under their seemingly ordinary appearance, they hide their ambitions for family power and money.

In the past six months, Zhu Jinlun has been wandering around the south of the Yangtze River. On the surface, he is traveling around the mountains and rivers, but in fact he is still running around for the Zhu family's silk and satin business.

Although Zhu Jintang and Zhu Jinlun are cousins, they have kept a distance from each other since they were young. When they meet, they discuss business matters and rarely gossip.Over the years, Zhu Jinlun's ability to manage his business has gradually emerged, which often impresses Zhu's family and makes Mr. Zhu want to use him again.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and a family cannot accommodate two masters.Zhu Jintang is the eldest grandson of the eldest son, who is destined to inherit the family business in the future. However, because of the issue of heirs, he is often criticized by Mr. Zhu.Zhu Jinlun is superior to his cousin in terms of heirs. Although he has no legitimate sons yet, he has three concubine sons.In this way, some people will inevitably start to worry about who is more suitable to be the helm of the Zhu family, Zhu Jintang or Zhu Jinlun.So now, Zhu Jinlun has a lot of flattery and fawning people around him, with the mentality of betting ahead of time.

Zhu Jintang is a person who is prepared for danger in times of peace, and it is precisely because he knows where his weaknesses lie that he does not reject the Shen family's marriage.After Qin's death, he almost didn't even have time to be sad, and now that the newcomer is about to enter the mansion, he didn't have much expectation in his heart. He only heard his grandmother say that she was a quiet and educated woman, and he agreed.

He has always agreed with the meaning of the elders, and this was the case when he married the Qin family.No matter what kind of woman she is, whether she is beautiful or ugly, virtuous or stupid, he will not reject her, at least on the surface.

Today is his wedding banquet, and Zhu Jintang smiled faintly when he heard his younger brother's words of "grow old together", raised his glass, raised his head, drank the wine in the glass, poured another glass, and said, "Thank you, cousin. Kindness, I offer you a toast for my brother." After finishing speaking, the two brothers toasted and drank together, in the eyes of outsiders, it was a scene of brothers and friends respecting each other.

Before the wedding sedan chair entered the door, Zhu Jintang had already drank more than a dozen glasses of sake in a row. As long as someone offered a toast, he would not refuse anyone who came. You have a glass of wine and I have a glass of wine. It's so lively.

Zhu Jintang was not such a lively person, he had always been somewhat aloof and unwilling to get along with others.

The eldest lady Li looked at him from a distance, sighed softly, and thought to herself: Is he really happy?

Amidst the joy of blowing and beating, the sedan chair of the Shen family finally arrived at the gate of Zhu’s house. Amidst the noise and congratulations of the crowd, Shen Yuechen completed all the etiquette in a daze, and was then surrounded by the congratulatory wife and maids, respectfully and respectfully entered. In the new house, a large bed carved with huanghuali wood was placed on it like a Buddha statue.

Stopping and walking along the way made Shen Yuechen a little unclear about the feelings of the south, east and north, and the whispers of the people around made her feel even more emotional.

In her previous life, she was an older leftover woman who had never been in a relationship or married. In theory, she could speak well about the relationship between men and women, but in reality she knew nothing about it.

The new house is brightly lit, even through a layer of hipa, you can still vaguely see the women surrounded by jewels and emeralds and the tall and slender figure.

As soon as Shen Yuechen sat down, Xi Po laughed and said: "Groom officer, quickly lift up the hijab and look at the bride."

Standing by the bed, Zhu Jintang hesitated for a moment, then took the golden scale from Xi Po.

Shen Yuechen lowered his face, unconsciously clutching the smooth skirt with both hands.Just when she was deeply disturbed, the hijab on her head was picked up by Zhu Jintang with a scale.

The daylight-bright lights made Shen Yuechen's eyes slightly narrowed, only to feel a group of women in fine clothes surrounded the soft couch in front of the bed, all staring at her in unison.Among them, the tall man had particularly sharp eyes, like two hot flames, which scorched her cheeks red.

The moment he saw Shen Yuechen, Zhu Jintang's gaze sank, revealing a surprised expression.But in the blink of an eye, he returned to normal.

Didn't you say you are 15 years old?Why does he still look so green and astringent? He is clearly just a child.a child?Since it is for the sake of offspring, why choose a child?
Shen Yuechen sat on the bed with her eyelids half down, a shy blush appeared on her pink face, bright red rouge was dotted on her lips, and flowers were pasted on her forehead, which made her eyebrows and eyes a little more charming.

Shen Yuechen lowered his eyelids, slapped his eyelashes twice like a small fan, and then raised his head to meet Zhu Jintang's bottomless black eyes.

She was married, and the man in front of her was her husband.

Shen Yuechen was stunned, looking at Zhu Jintang who was standing beside the bed, his handsome features showed no trace of joy of being the groom's official.

In the next second, she silently lowered her eyes, and lightly opened the tightly clenched skirt corners, feeling that she had nothing to be nervous about.

After salutation and obeisance, they are husband and wife.Everything is a foregone conclusion, whether she likes it or not, she and he have no choice.

Shen Yuechen sat up straight, Zhu Jintang also sat down together, Xi Po pushed the hem of the two people's clothes up and down, and then a few beautifully dressed maids immediately served drinks, snacks, sweet cakes and fruits.

Xi Po handed two wine glasses to the two, and said a lot of blessings and auspicious words.

Shen Yuechen didn't dare to look at Zhu Jintang's cold eyes anymore, but lowered his head a little lower, and lightly sipped the wine in his glass.

The two of them were facing each other, and they could clearly smell each other's breath, the fresh fragrance of powder and the slight smell of alcohol.

After drinking the cup of wine, the maids stepped forward one after another, ready to remove the phoenix crown and wedding dress for Shen Yuechen.Zhu Jintang didn't change his clothes, he still had to go out, and the guests in the garden were still waiting for him as the official groom.

Zhu Jintang is not interested in his new wife. She is too young, and he is increasingly unable to understand the minds of the elders, urging him to get married, urging him to have children, and urging him to be another when the Qin family's bones are not cold. Marry her, but this person is still a child.

There were not many people serving Zhu Jintang, and the oldest among them was a nun surnamed Li.

In order to make a good impression on Shen Yuechen, Nanny Li brought someone to take care of her grooming, but when she was changing clothes, Zhu Jintang had already left without saying a word.

Shen Yuechen's eyes flashed, and he thought to himself: Presumably he is not satisfied with himself either.

After Zhu Jintang returned to Changchun Garden, he was immediately surrounded by a group of people, drinking wine one after another.

The atmosphere at the banquet was very good, but Zhu Jintang was not happy at all.

His new daughter-in-law doesn't seem to make people feel satisfied.Too young, delicate and weak, although she looks pretty, and I heard that she can read and write, but she doesn't look like a woman who can give birth.If he can't give birth to a son, this marriage is meaningless to him.

Thinking this way, he didn't know how many cups he drank. In the end, the eldest lady Li Shi couldn't stand it any longer, and sent someone to remind him to be careful and not to drink too much.

It is rare to see such a lively and joyful scene at the banquet in the Changchun Garden.

Everyone in the Zhu family who should be back has come back, except Zhu Feng and Zhu Jun, there are also two heavyweight figures, two cousins ​​of Mr. Zhu, and two uncles who are over [-]. In the eyes of the Zhu family, they can It is said that he is highly respected, and has always been regarded as the lord to eat at the same table with Mr. Zhu. He looks old and old, but his head is still very shrewd.

The two elders looked at Zhu Jintang, who was rushed to toast by the guests, and said with wrinkled smiles: "Old brother, old sister-in-law, are you finally at ease now?"

Mrs. Zhu raised her eyebrows: "Although the marriage is over, we still have to hope that the child's body can live up to expectations."

Elder Zhu beside him was already so sleepy that his eyelids closed. Seeing this, Mrs. Zhu gave the woman behind her a wink, signaling them to help the old man down to rest first.

After the old man left, several young concubines from Beiyuan followed in without knowing the times, fighting to invite the old man back to their room.

Mrs. Zhu gave them a cold look, her face slightly ugly.However, since there were still guests from the garden, she was not easy to get angry, so she just looked at Zhu Jintang from a distance, feeling a little anxious secretly.

Zhu Jintang has a good capacity for alcohol, but if he drinks like this, he is afraid that the wedding night in the bridal chamber will be delayed.

Mrs. Zhu called Zhu Jinlun to her, and asked him to go over and block her brother.

Hearing this, Zhu Jinlun smiled slightly, walked over quickly, and took the initiative to greet the guests. He is usually a person who knows how to have fun, and drinking is not difficult for him, so he took the initiative to help Zhu Jintang stop a lot of wine.

Seeing him coming, Zhu Jintang knew that this was what his grandmother meant, so he stopped drinking, and immediately found a reason to escape from the crowd's siege.

(End of this chapter)