The wedding came as scheduled. On this day, Zhou Yu wore a brand new bright red wedding dress and proudly married the prime minister's daughter.
The groom on a horse was in high spirits, followed by a long procession of welcoming brides, carrying the woman's dowry. This side had already turned a corner, and the other side had not yet left the house.
To describe it as "Shili Hongzhuang" is not an exaggeration at all.
There are some things that the parties concerned can choose to forget, but ordinary people have memories.
There were murmurs of discussion among the crowd.
"His Royal Highness Prince Yu is getting married again... Didn't he just marry one last summer? Less than half a year after the incident happened in that family, he married another daughter here, who is also the daughter of the prime minister. How lucky she is!"
"It's not as bad as the married daughter. I heard that she was already pregnant at that time..."
"Bao Fan committed a serious crime of treason. According to the law, the nine clans will be punished... If the son-in-law is not the current prince, who knows... Bah, I dare not say it anymore."
"Anyway, His Royal Highness Prince Yu is lucky."
The talk on the street is nothing more than that the common people have nothing to do and are just watching the excitement.
In the private room upstairs.
Xie Yun and Su Mu looked at the excitement going away.
"Since sir, you have followed the path of His Royal Highness Prince Yu, it seems that you need to prepare a congratulatory gift today." Su Mu's tone was teasing, "I haven't congratulated you yet, sir, for winning the position of Chunwei's examiner as you wished."
Most literati have some special habits. On a cold day, when a charcoal fire is lit in the room, the two of them will coincidentally hold a folding fan in their hands and shake it a few times from time to time.
"As for congratulations, a greeting is enough when I see you later. If you want a congratulatory gift, I am a villager in the mountains and I don't dare to ask for anything. Why hasn't Lao Du arrived yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud male voice came from outside the door.
"I knew you had to talk about me! There was a guard of honor for King Yu's wedding outside, and the road was blocked. I walked here."
Du Zexi pushed open the door and walked in. Although spring had already begun, the weather had been bad these past two days. The large official uniforms looked bloated with too much floor covering. They were not well-groomed when worn to go to court. They were too big to fit a big head.
The charge of disrespect.
Therefore, he wore less clothes underneath and wore an old rabbit fur cloak, which had long been insulated from the cold outside.
"I said, Lao Du, you have taught many students, but why are you still so shabby? You are not as good as me, an old man from the countryside!"
Su Mu gave him some hot tea, and Du Ze didn't mind the heat, so he took it over and drank it. Although it burned his mouth, he felt it was just right.
"You have been hiding outside for more than ten years. Once you came back, you became the examiner. Why, do you want me to have a good fight with you? What tricks did you use?"
Back then, they were equally famous, and they took the imperial examination together. The scholars looked down upon each other, Xie Yun was tactful, and Du Zexi was upright, so they disliked each other.
Now more than ten years have passed, and I no longer have the same high-spiritedness as before, but I don't hesitate to say a few insults.
"No one of us will talk about what happened back then, okay? I just asked you to come out for a little gathering. After all, we will be officials in the same court again in the future. Please save some face for me in the court...
"
Xie Yun personally brought him some tea.
Du Zexi snorted.
"I guess you still have some eyesight."
Su Mu lowered his head to hold back laughter, and Xie Yun patted him on the shoulder.
"Go out and see if Xiao Zhao has arrived."
"Well, with the tempers of you people, if I want to gain a foothold in the court, I have to coax the old ones, and I have to coax the young ones too. Xiao Zhao was dismissed from his position because of his uprightness, and I heard he still has the same temper now...
…”
"In the future, if I propose something in the court and are refuted by you guys first, I will lose face!"
Du Zexi held the tea cup and joked: "Who told you to be careless? Only people with bad integrity are afraid of loyal people like us. However, you are already old, so you don't want to stay in the countryside to retire.
, why are you running to the court to join in the fun?"
He pretended to be confused, but Xie Yun raised his eyebrows and asked, "You really don't know how you got up this time?"
"No matter how I got up, I only do practical things, don't come to me for other things."
While they were talking, Su Mu led Zhao Suyan in.
"The student has met these two gentlemen."
After not seeing each other for a long time, Xie Yun praised: "Xiao Zhao still knows etiquette so well, please sit down quickly."
Zhao Suyan was really not moved by this title. He was too angry. In the literary circle, people always used names to show their intimacy. No matter how Mr. Xie looked at him, he had an evil aura.
"I invite you here today not to win you over, but to say hello to you. In the future, our Qingliu faction will finally gain a foothold in the court. If you have any good talents around you, you can recommend them to me."
Xie Yun was praised for his courageous retreat back then for more than ten years, but Du Zexi did not agree with his way of doing things.
In his opinion, living in seclusion in the mountains is just an escape. In the court, even if he is just a janitor, he can still do his part.
If you don't accumulate small steps, you won't reach a thousand miles. Over the years, little will make more, and one day he will be able to turn the tide.
But in this world, it is always so easy for people to lose hope.
"There are a few seedlings, but it depends on their luck. I heard that the emperor originally intended to let Li Wei be the examiner, but when things came to be, why did it be replaced by you?"
The old friend did not save any face for him. Xie Yun sighed: "The current man's mind cannot be guessed, and he uses the false and true in the art of war very smoothly. Li Wei and Yu Shibo are deputy chief examiners, assisting me in presiding over Chunwei
."
Zhou Ronggang was banned, but Emperor Yao chose Yu Shibo. Emperor Yao also used all three candidates proposed by Si Yiluo. Now more people secretly sent gifts to the Si Mansion.
The Sifu closed its doors to thank guests, and when word spread outside, it turned out that the female devil had recently fallen in love with a pretty boy, and was drinking and having fun in the house every day.
There has been quite a lot of activity in the Si Mansion recently. We hired dozens of craftsmen and spent three days repairing the courtyard. I heard it was to hide the beauty in the golden house.
A craftsman saw that the new favorite had to wear new clothes every day, was picky about food and drinks, and would lose her temper from time to time. But the female devil did not criticize a word and just obeyed everything.
he.
It's cold in spring, but Xin Chong never wears winter clothes. Earth dragons are burning in the house at twelve o'clock. Even before spring comes, the peach blossoms in Xin Chong's house are already blooming.
I heard that the soup bowls he used were made of gold...
It's better to have power in your hands. You don't have to take it by force. Others will come to your door.
These words reached Emperor Yao's ears.
"Si Qing's popularity seems to be getting a bit stronger."
The golden bowl in front of Emperor Yao contained lotus seed soup made by Shu Meiren. There were golden lotus patterns on the bowl, which was really exquisite for holding the lotus seed soup.
Golden bowl…
Si Yiluo nodded and said: "Back to the emperor, those rumors are untrue. I have adopted a male favorite. But firstly, both parties are consensual. I did not use force to rob him. Secondly, the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the male favorite in my palace are all."
There are rules for everything, that one...he brought the dowry himself."
Wei Heyan suddenly thought of forging the identity of Young Master Yanhuan, who was a weak and helpless man who had a huge inheritance but was oppressed by his family. He took all his wealth to seek refuge with her just to get protection.
The bloody operation was nothing like his impeccable style. Si Yiluo didn't know what he was thinking, so he could only clean up the mess for him.
Emperor Yao knew what she should know and had no intention of blaming her.
If his confidant had no weaknesses, he would not dare to use it without any worries.
It doesn't matter whether Si Yiluo is self-defiled or is really a womanizer. As long as she is loyal and useful, he will not interfere too much in her private affairs.