The case of An Qingxu's injury was finally settled. An Qingzong wrote a letter to his father and ordered him to be sent to Youzhou immediately, explaining the whole story clearly and asking his father to strictly restrain his second brother and not allow him to come to Chang'an again.
In fact, An Lushan, who had already supported the army and stood on his own feet, did not care about such trivial matters at all. Even if he killed Yang Guozhong, it would not matter, let alone Yang Guozhong's son.
Ten days later, An Lushan named An Qingxu the general of the left and appointed him as the Lulong military envoy to command the 50,000-strong army of Lulong Jiedu Mansion.
Yang Guozhong had no choice but to grit his teeth, swallow it, and bury his hatred in his heart. Sooner or later, he would have to avenge his two sons who were killed by the An family.
The weather is getting colder and colder, the moon is getting rounder, and the sixteenth day of the first lunar month has finally arrived. On this day, Dugu Mansion and Li Mansion are decorated with lights and colorful, and they are full of joy. Early in the morning, Pei Sanniang, Li Dai and more than a dozen servants all rush there.
In the small garden house, the husband's family has to make preparations for the wedding.
The Dugu family and the Li family sent out thousands of invitations. The famous dignitaries and officials in Chang'an City received the invitations one after another. Many families set out for the garden in the morning. For many people, this is not as simple as a wedding, but a friendship.
Excellent opportunity for networking.
According to custom, the Li family will provide a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus dumpling soup at noon to give everyone a little tummy. The formal banquet starts in the afternoon and lasts for two hours, from about 3 pm to 7 pm. Fangmen is about 8 pm
It was closed left and right, and the latest group of guests had an hour to get home.
Precisely because the banquet time was relatively early and there was not much time for socializing, most of the guests rushed to the garden house in the morning.
The Li Mansion in Xuanpingfang is the exit, and Li Wei's family is preparing here. Today there will be two groomsmen, one is Li Xun and the other is Zhang Ping. According to current customs, the groomsmen are all unmarried young people, but Tang Tang
The requirements for court are not that high, and they can be married young people, but there are special requirements. One of the groomsmen must be able to compose poetry, and the other groomsmen must be strong.
The leader and master of ceremonies is Li Wei, and there is also a bride-to-be from the groom's family, Li Xun's sister Li Xiaohe.
It's still early to welcome the bride, and everyone is patiently waiting for the time to go out. The departure time and the welcoming time are not fixed. The key is to choose an auspicious time, but most of them are in the afternoon.
At this time, the bride's family was also extremely busy. The bride, Dugu Xinyue, was still putting on makeup. Two famous female makeup artists from Chang'an were carefully applying makeup to the bride. Wang walked into the room. Through this wedding preparation, Wang and Dugu
Xinyue's relationship has become much more harmonious, and Dugu Xinyue's previous rejection of her gradually disappeared.
In fact, the key is that Wang is a good person. She has a relatively low background. She was born in poverty. She played the pipa since she was a child and worked as a female court musician in the palace for several years. She is not a humble person, but she is not very honorable either.
But she knows how to be a good person and keeps her attitude very low. She is very respectful to everyone in the Dugu family. She knows how to add both icing on the cake and provide help when needed. She can also speak and compliment people without leaving any trace. Over time, she has been praised from top to bottom.
like her.
Even Dugu Lie loved her very much. After Dugu Xinyue's mother passed away, Dugu Lie helped her up, but Dugu Xinyue had always been relatively cold towards her. Until these few months, when Wang was busy with her marriage,
Dugu Xinyue saw it all, and the iceberg in her heart towards the Wang family began to melt.
Mrs. Wang walked into the room and said with a smile: "New wife, it's time to show off."
The appearance of the face is an important sign to distinguish a girl from a young woman. Whether she is married or not can be seen from her eyebrows. Many young women have to draw their eyebrows very thin. This is actually what young women do. Girls generally have natural eyebrows. Compared with
It is loose, relatively thick, and it is not easy to draw eyebrows. Of course, if you follow the fashion and apply a smoky eye, that is another matter, but you can still tell that she is a girl because she does not open her face.
Face opening is to use silk thread to pluck out all the scattered eyebrows and thick hair on the face. The eyebrows will look very thin and the face will be very clean. Usually the mother or aunt does the face opening.
Mrs. Wang sat in front of Dugu Xinyue and said with a smile: "Don't move! I will slowly open your face, it will take some time."
Wang carefully took two silk threads, twisted them around the stray eyebrows, and pulled them out.
"Crescent moon, does it hurt?"
"Fortunately, it's a little itchy, just like being bitten by a mosquito."
"That's okay. Today is a good day for you. You will probably be very tired. You will need to eat something later."
"I really don't want to eat."
"Then prepare some food and wine in the bridal chamber. This is usually the case. Most brides don't eat from morning to night, mainly because they can't eat after putting on makeup, but they must drink water."
Dugu Xinyue nodded lightly. At this time, Dugu Qiming sneaked in and said with a smile: "Sister, I heard from my aunt that they are going to ask the groom to write a poem, and he must write a unique poem before he can get in."
Dugu Xinyue's face sank, "No, Aye is not a poet. It would take several months to write a poem occasionally. We can't embarrass others like this."
Mrs. Wang nodded, "I'll go and tell them later that the wedding is just a lively celebration, and it's not an imperial examination. It has to compete for literary talent."
"Mommy, don't splash water. I really don't like it and it will make me feel very uncomfortable."
The mother-in-law's shout made Wang's heart elated. She smiled happily and said, "Okay, I won't allow them to splash water."
When the bride goes out, the seven aunts and eight aunts will throw pots of water out to represent the water thrown by the married daughter. Although this is a custom, many brides do not like it and cannot emotionally accept this kind of splashing.
The feeling of going out.
But this custom is also dispensable. Since Dugu Xinyue doesn't like it, Wang will of course stop it.
In the afternoon, the groom's wedding fleet came with a dozen or so boats, all decorated with silks and colorful flags. It was very festive. The first one was the clearing boat, which allowed the cargo ships in the river to pull over. Behind them were the drum boats and more than a dozen boats.
A drummer played gongs and drums, and the suona blew loudly, and then came the congratulatory ship, which was to scatter money. Hundreds of copper coins were put out, and two servants threw them to the shore one by one, attracting countless people to compete for the first place, which was quite lively.
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The fourth and sixth ships are escort ships. Forty guards are holding slingshots and whistle sticks and watching the two sides of the strait vigilantly. As wealthy families pick up and send off their relatives, escorts are very important. There are always some people with evil intentions or who have not received the benefits.
Rogues, no matter whether it is a carriage or a boat to welcome a bride, they will destroy it, throw a few bricks or splash some filth. Although it is not harmful, it is very disgusting and unlucky, and will make people crazy.
Today, all Li Ye's soldiers were dispatched. Some were guarding the ships at the front and rear, while others were following on the shore on horseback to closely protect the fleet.
The fifth boat is the bride's boat. The groom Li Ye is standing on the bow. He is wearing a red wedding robe and a gauze hat with a big silk red flower pinned to the gauze hat. The two groomsmen, Li Xun and Zhang Ping, are standing on the bow.
Behind them, they were also wearing festive red satin robes, the style was different from that of the groom, and there were no flowers on their gauze hats.
With a smile on his face, Li Ye kept thanking the cheering crowds on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Zhang Ping was very nervous and kept pinching his arm lightly, as if he was preparing to fight. Li Xun glanced at him and smiled and said, "What is Brother Zhang Xian doing?"
Zhang Ping sighed and said: "The door may hit you later, I have to be prepared!"
"Don't be stupid. We are just going through the motions. We really don't need you to knock on the door. If you hit an old man or a child and injure him, wouldn't it be troublesome?"
Zhang Ping muttered, "That's not true. When I was going to get married, I spent a lot of effort to open the door and almost failed to get married!"
Li Ye smiled and said: "That's because your father-in-law is famous for being a tough guy! You must have not prepared enough gifts. How could he let you marry off your daughter so easily?"
"Brother is right, those guys are too snobbish. I prepared a hundred taels of silver gift money and put a hundred small cloth bags in it. Each person can get one tael of silver. They thought it was too little and refused to open the door."
Li Xun smiled and said: "So! No matter how strong your strength is, it is not as good as enough money. Money opens the way and is as powerful as breaking bamboo."
At this time, the sound of firecrackers sounded in front, and they finally arrived at Dugu Mansion.