Chapter 326 Marry Zhen Jiang (3)
Zhen Jiang wanted to say something, but Lu Bu quickly twisted her hand hard and rushed to say, "I thanked the Queen Mother for her teachings on behalf of Zhuojing!" As he said that, he was about to pull Zhen Jiang away from the chief who was full of gunpowder.
The young emperor Liu Bian raised the wine bottle and stood up: "Shang..."
"What's the matter?" Lu Bu and Empress Dowager He Lian frowned at the same time, and hurriedly stopped.
Only then did Liu Bian realize that there were more than 2,000 guests in the entire Lu Mansion. The fact that he called Lu Bu as Shang Father was not suitable for his time being, so he said, "Lu Qing family, you are my master in martial arts, and saved my life and my mother's life. Thanks to you, the Han Dynasty will not be overturned by the old thief Dong Zhuo. Lu Qing family, please drink this cup and accept my blessings. I wish the Lu Qing family will get a son soon, and will serve the country when they grow up, and be a mighty general like the Lu Qing family!"
Lu Bu wanted to end the embarrassing scene earlier and said, "Thank you for your blessing!" He raised the wine bottle readily, drank it all, and then pulled Zhen Jiang and walked towards the second seat.
The Empress Dowager He Lian smiled and said, "Lu Aiqing, wait, I have something to discuss with you and your wife!"
Lu Bu hurriedly stopped and turned around and asked, "I don't know what the Empress Dowager has to discuss with me?" His tone was quite plain, but a trace of badness flashed in his eyes. He Lian, you must be self-knowledge. If you refuse to give up the Empress Dowager's throne, you will only be my secret mistress of Lu Bu in this life, and you have no qualifications to be jealous of other women who are other women!
Empress Dowager He smiled and said, "Aiqing Lu proposed to grant the wife of a rank to the wife of an imperial rank to the wife of a rank official. Lu Aiqing is the general of the Northern Expedition to be a first-rank official. Your wife should be named the wife of the first-rank official. Originally, your wife Yan Lin had a wife for you and gave birth to a lovely daughter, Lu Lingqi, and was named the wife of a first-rank official. It is well deserved, but now you have married another fair wife. How to reward me? It makes me very embarrassed!"
Empress Dowager He said this clearly that she did not want to grant this imperial wife to Zhen Jiang. Zhen Jiang forced herself to stop the anger in her heart and said calmly: "Empress Dowager, let's give the imperial wife from the first-class imperial wife to the eldest sister. I just passed by. I have not made any contribution to the Lu family yet and are not qualified to be granted."
Queen Mother He stared at Zhen Jiang coldly: "I am asking your husband's opinion, but I didn't ask you. Do you understand etiquette?!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was stiff again, Lu Bu quickly smiled and resolved the embarrassment: "Empress Dowager, Zhen Jiang's opinion is my opinion! Empress Dowager, if there is nothing else, we will go to toast other guests!"
A trace of fierceness flashed in the eyes of the Empress Dowager He Lian, who wanted to have an attack, but her reason reminded herself that the Liu Han royal family could rely the most now is Lu Bu and his Central Army, and they could not give him a look in public. It would be better to wait until he entered the palace again, and then nodded calmly: "Okay, I will sign Yan Lin as the first-class lady of the imperial edict, and you can go and greet other guests."
Lu Bu quickly took Zhen Jiang's hand and left the high-ranking chief, walked towards the next seat, and walked a few steps away. Lu Bu whispered: "My wife, she is the queen mother, how can you talk to her like that?!"
Zhen Jiang sneered, "My husband, do you think I am deaf and blind, and you can't tell that you have an unexplainable relationship with the Queen Mother and the Queen? To put it nicely, they are the Queen Mother and the Queen. To put it nicely, they are just puppets! They also want to embarrass me in public, how can I bear it!"
Lu Bu looked around nervously, but fortunately Zhen Jiang's voice was very small. The emcee of theirs, Chen Lin, was Lu Bu's confidant. Chen Lin deliberately took a few steps back and pretended not to hear their conversation. Lu Bu was relieved and said to Zhen Jiang: "No matter what the reality is, you have to take care of it on the surface. You should understand that I don't need to remind me again!"...
Zhen Jiang nodded: "Husband, don't worry, as long as they don't mess with me, I will never lose my temper!"
The next seat was seated by three first-rank senior men, the Grand Tutor Lu Zhi, the Grand Tutor Cai Yong, the Grand Guardian Ma Riyi and their family. Lu Zhi took his wife to temporarily serve Lu Bu's parents, and Zhen Jiang's uncle Zhen Piao and his wife to temporarily serve Zhen Jiang's parents also accompanied him again.
The wife of the Grand Tutor Cai Yong passed away a few years ago. This time he brought his eldest daughter Cai Yan to attend Lu Bu's wedding. Cai Yong thought of the embarrassing relationship between his eldest daughter Cai Yan and Lu Bu, so he wanted to bring his second daughter Cai Lu over, but Cai Yan insisted on coming over to see him. He could not resist Cai Yan's request and had to take Cai Yan to attend.
Speaking of Cai Yong's second daughter Cai Lu, there is no record of the Romance, but there are heavy traces in history. She married Yang Huan, the prefect of Shangdang, and gave birth to a son and a daughter. Her daughter Yang Huiyu is the stepwife of Sima Yi's eldest son Sima Shi. She is known in history as Empress Jingxian, and her son is the famous Yang Hu. She served as the general of the Western Jin Dynasty to the southern expedition. Lu Bu has seen Cai Lu, but her talent is not as talented as her sister Cai Yan, but she is gentle and quiet, far better than Cai Yan. Lu Bu has no idea about this accurate sister-in-law, because Cai Lu is only seven or eight years old now, and because Cai Lu is not very beautiful, and because Lu Bu clearly knows that Cai Lu has an outstanding son Yang Hu in history. If she doesn't want Yang Hu to disappear in history, don't get involved in Cai Lu.
Lu Bu and Zhen Jiang gave Lu Zhi, Cai Yong, Ma Rizhe, and Zhen Piao to drink one by one. When they arrived at Cai Yan, facing Cai Yan's resentment that could not be hidden, Lu Bu gritted his teeth and said, "Junior sister, why are you here?"
Cai Yan smiled bitterly and said, "This is my senior brother's wedding. Of course, I am here to congratulate you!"
Without waiting for Lu Bu to respond, Zhen Jiang smiled and said, "My sister Wen Ji, I heard about Wei Zhongdao, I am happy for you!"
Lu Bu frowned, what does Zhen Jiang mean? Sprinkle salt on someone’s wounds?!
Cai Yan's face darkened and asked in surprise: "I'm happy for me?! Where does this start?!"
Zhen Jiang smiled slightly and said, "If it weren't for Wei Zhongdao's stupid behavior, how could a girl get rid of that engagement and become a free person, and how could she face the man she like without any burden?! Sister, sister, I hope you can be braver and marry your favorite husband like me!"
Lu Bu was dizzy. What does Zhen Jiang mean? Has she never heard of her past with Cai Yan?
Cai Yan burst out laughing and said, "My little sister thought she hated me? It turns out that my sister welcomed me."
Zhen Jiang giggled, "I fell in love with the girl at first sight. Although I manage my family business and I am stinking to do it, I also like to recite poems and play the piano. I hope that our sisters can recite poems and play poems and pairs together in the future!"
Cai Yan glanced at Lu Bu resentfully: "I just don't know what that person's attitude is?! I am already seventeen years old this year. If I wait any longer, I will be an old girl!"
In front of so many people, Lu Bu could not make a promise directly, but just forced himself to smile.
Zhen Jiang smiled and said to Cai Yan, "I heard from that person's servant that their family had three mistresses, one wife and two fair wives. Now one wife and the other fair wives have been confirmed. I just don't know if the girl is willing to become the second fair wives?!"
Cai Yan understood what Zhen Jiang meant, blushed, lowered her head, and whispered: "I also want to ask my father for his opinion!"
The conversation between Cai Yan and the other three was heard by Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and others. Lu Zhi laughed and asked Cai Yong directly: "Your daughter is on par with the eldest daughter of the Zhen family, and she is the mistress of the General's Mansion of the Northern Emperor. What is the idea of Grand Master Cai?"
Cai Yong was forced to express his opinion by Lu Zhi like this: "When he drives Dong Zhuo out of Luoyang next year, I will consider recruiting him as his son-in-law!"...
Lu Zhi laughed at Lu Bu and said, "Fengxian, prepare for the war. If you can't defeat Dong Zhuo, you can't marry a talented woman!"
Cai Yong raised the wine bottle and said, "Lu Zi, you are not practicing, you are crazy about being disrespectful. It seems that only wine can block your mouth! Drink!"
Lu Bu quickly dissuaded: "Teacher Cai, my master is in poor health and should not drink alcohol!"
Lu Zhi stared at his eyes: "Fengxian, today is your happy day. As a master, I am very happy. How can I not drink alcohol to cheer up? Don't worry, Hua Tuo has cured my stubborn disease. Hua Tuo gave me a wardrobe pill today, and I am not afraid of drinking too much!"
Lu Bu believed it, so he stopped persuading him and allowed Lu Zhi and Cai Yong, two old drinkers, to compete with each other.
Lu Bu led Zhen Jiang away, and Cai Yong asked Lu Zhi in a low voice: "Why don't you tell him the truth!"
Lu Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "My body can't support me for two years. I hope he can defeat Dong Zhuo before I die and welcome the Empress Dowager and the Emperor back to Luoyang! After telling him the truth, he was helpless and worried for nothing. Let him concentrate on rectifying the army!"
The subsequent generals and court officials were very easy to dismiss. They were all acquaintances. They raised the wine bottle and said auspicious words. Lu Bu touched the wine bottle with them and touched the wine bottle slightly. But because there were too many people, it took Lu Bu and Zhen Jiang two hours to toast the guests on each table.
The most difficult thing to get rid of was the envoys sent by the princes from all over the country. Gongsun Zan sent his younger brother Gongsun Fan, Liu Yu sent his son Liu He, Yuan Shao sent his son Yuan Tan, Cao Cao sent his cousin Cao Ren, Tao Qian sent his deceased master Mi Zhu, Kong Rong sent Wang Xiu, and so on, the princes of all prefectures and counties near Yecheng sent their confidants. They did not want to offend Lu Bu for the time being, and they all had the idea of La Lu Bu being an allies and consolidating their power, so the gifts sent were also very rich. In order to express their gratitude to these princes, Lu Bu naturally could not stop it, and the wine in the wine bottle had to be sipped in one go.
If all the guests were toasted, Lu Bu would definitely be drunk, and he would not be able to enjoy the wedding night tonight. Fortunately, Lu Bu was prepared. The wine pot on the wine table held by the host Chen Lin was divided into two parts. It was filled with clear water and the wine. Chen Lin acted at Lu Bu's eyes and treated the envoys of the princes who were close and did not want to offend for the time being. Lu Bu drank the memorial wine and treated the nameless and worthless princes. Chen Lin received Lu Bu's eyes and pressed the switch of the wine pot and poured out the water. Because the wine bottle itself was filled with wine, the clear water was mixed with some apricot blossoms. The wine smell was stronger than the light wine that was common before, so none of these envoys of the princes did not notice the trick.
Chapter completed!