Outside the Huo Mansion, Xu Fanming kept asking Chen Jinjun: "How can you be sure that Huo Tingyu will accept your request?"
Chen Jinjun raised his eyebrows proudly: "As long as he wants the Huo family to maintain its current status in Yongzhou, he has to let me enter the house."
"What are you going to trade with him for?"
"The Yongzhou warehouse is out of money," Chen Jinjun's eyes sparkled under the starry sky, "but I have it."
Xu Fanming twitched his lips: "Do you know how much silver it costs to support the entire Yongzhou army?"
Chen Jinjun shook his head and asked him: "Do you know how much silver I have?"
This sentence choked Xu Fanming. Everyone was curious about how much assets the Chen family, who was once an imperial merchant, had.
"If you lose money, you can make it back. If you don't seize the opportunity, you will lose not only the opportunity, but also the money."
Chen Jinjun stood up and stretched: "These tents and other things will be cleaned up before dawn tomorrow. You can also go and ask Xiaoxiao to come over."
Xu Fanming nodded. He still wanted to lead his brothers to rebuild Taipingshan Villa. He really shouldn't enter the Huo Mansion.
The night was deep, Huo Tingyu was sitting on the chair like a statue, his eyes fixed on the clothes on the table in front of him.
A sleepless night.
He was struggling painfully in his heart. From his own heart, he really did not want Chen Jinjun to enter the Huo family's door, but the benefits that Chen Jinjun could bring to the Huo family and Yongzhou were endless.
Huo Tingyu is unwilling to disarm. The current situation is changing day by day. He doesn't know when he will start fighting again. Weakening his own strength is equivalent to loading a gun and handing it to the enemy.
Be patient and do everything for the greater good.
He advised himself repeatedly in his mind.
It wasn't until the sky dawned and the roosters crowed that he put on the sapphire blue patchwork uniform that he hated the most, put on the court beads, and put the official hat with a sapphire bead on his head that only third-rank officials were qualified to wear.
superior.
In fact, this court dress no longer fit him and was a bit tight on his body. However, in order to deal with the imperial edict of marriage in Chen Jinjun's hand, he had to wear this dress that made him feel sick to his stomach.
Huo Tingyu walked towards the main gate of Huo Mansion with a gloomy face, and the clouds on Chao Zhu's back behind him were shaken by him.
The master hurriedly followed Huo Tingyu, holding up the long chain on his back: "Master, please walk slower. If the chain is broken, there will be no place to repair it."
Huo Tingyu acted as if he didn't hear anything and just asked him: "Is the yard cleaned up?"
"Don't worry, I personally watched them clean it up yesterday."
"How many people are scheduled?"
"Thirty guards outside the courtyard and twenty servants inside the courtyard." This was almost the maximum number of people they could cram into Chen Jinjun's courtyard.
"That's enough. More than thirty people can't stand her alone?"
Just walking like this, we arrived in front of the Huo family gate.
Huo Tingyu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and exhaled hard.
"Open the door."
Chen Jinjun was sitting in a sedan chair outside the door, watching the heavy door being slowly pushed open, and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously.
She is right.
At a glance, Huo Tingyu saw Xu Sheng standing beside the sedan chair holding the imperial edict, lifting up his clothes and kneeling on one knee. He slightly raised his eyelids and glanced at Xu Sheng coldly: "Declarate the edict."
Xu Sheng opened the scroll in his hand and read the decree to give the marriage again.
Although Huo Tingyu was kneeling on the ground, his waist was straight and he looked at the sedan chair in front of him, trying to burn a hole in it with his eyes.
When Xu Sheng finished reading, he said loudly: "Huo Pingyan passed away from illness. As his elder brother, I will take the order for Pingyan and bring his bride into the house for him. Thank you for your grace."
The first half of the sentence is said in a high-sounding way, but the last few words are said with gritted teeth.
Chen Jinjun shook his head and smiled. Huo Tingyu really expressed his emotions and anger in his expressions, and she couldn't tell the difference for a moment.
Are you angry that you have to welcome me into your house, or do you want to use this to increase the terms of your transaction with me?
Huo Tingyu took the bright yellow scroll and without even looking at the scale that Shen Xiaoxiao handed over, he took the marriage decree and opened a corner of the sedan curtain, revealing Chen Jinjun's red embroidered shoes.
"Miss Chen, can you please get off the sedan chair?" He almost squeezed out the words through his teeth.
"Excuse me, Marshal Huo."
Chen Jinjun put his hand on the marriage decree, leaned forward slightly and got out of the sedan chair under the guidance of Huo Tingyu.
Huo Tingyu stood up straight and looked down at Chen Jinjun coming out of the sedan chair. Chen Jinjun was not short, but he still had to raise his head slightly when looking at Huo Tingyu.
Just by meeting Chen Jinjun's eyes, Huo Tingyu's anger inexplicably calmed down a bit.
Ambition.
He didn't see any calculation in her eyes, those clear eyes were full of ambition.
Huo Tingyu was shaken and stood there blankly looking at Chen Jinjun, forgetting to go back home.
She squinted against the light and looked at Huo Tingyu. Her healthy complexion and strong body blocked most of the sunlight from the entire car door, but...this official uniform didn't seem to fit well?
Chen Jinjun frowned: "Are you going to stand here all morning?"
"Ms. Chen has been waiting outside for two days. Isn't it just a short time?" Huo Tingyu saw that she had been looking at him up and down, and his eyes fell on his upper arm.
He also looked down and saw that he was indeed stronger than when he was an official in the Qing Dynasty, but he did not stretch out the annoying court uniform.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Chen Jinjun in confusion. He saw that Chen Jinjun was holding the jade Ruyi in his hand and had already turned his attention to the open door of Huo Mansion.
The meaning of this is that as long as she does not enter Huo's house for a moment, she will not speak for a moment.
The scene became a little cold. Shen Xiaoxiao blinked and hurriedly scolded the musicians who were watching: "Why are you standing there in a daze? Are you looking at the guys in your hands for food?"
All of a sudden, the gongs and drums began to roar again in front of the Huo Mansion, and firecrackers went off.
Huo Tingyu's face darkened again. Such a big movement would soon attract the people of Yongzhou. If he didn't invite her in, wouldn't it be a joke for others to see the Huo family?
Gritting his teeth fiercely, he snorted: "Please, Miss Chen."
Chen Jinjun had a false understanding on his face: "Thank you so much, Huo Shuai."
Huo Tingyu's expression stiffened again, and he simply stopped talking and strode into Huo's mansion.
Chen Jinjun followed slowly and slowly, and behind her was a long dowry procession.
One hundred and eight dowries were enough to attract people who had just been attracted by the gongs, drums and firecrackers. Chen Jinjun entered the Huo Mansion.
Chen Jinjun arrived at the courtyard where Huo Tingyu had ordered people to leave overnight, walked in, then turned around, cupped his hands to Huo Tingyu, and went in on his own.
The master who was watching the excitement looked puzzled. Was this the salute given by the Chen family lady just now as a male salute?
Shen Xiaoxiao and the maids packed up everything Chen Jinjun needed for daily life. Xu Sheng watched the dowry enter the warehouse in the other courtyard and locked it.
Chen Jinjun changed out of her complicated wedding dress and sat in the middle hall, drinking tea with her eyebrows lowered.
Xu Sheng presented the key to Chen Jinjun: "There are people watching over there in the warehouse. I asked the accountant to count it every two days. Also, the servants here are not normal."
Hearing what he said, Chen Jinjun raised his eyes and looked at him: "We are the Huo family now. If I threaten the Huo family like this, do you think Huo Tingyu can let me stay in the Huo family safely?"