Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 321: Zong Ge'er, have you learned it? [Thank you all for your support! Goodbye! ]

"Madam, Princess Pingning and the young master are here."

When Sun heard this, she said, "Okay, okay! Come in!"

Soon, Qi Heng, dressed in new clothes, followed Princess Pingning into the house.

After seeing everyone, Qi Heng bowed and called them, then stood next to Xu Zaijing and Lu Zezong.

Princess Pingning's eyes were filled with a smile from the bottom of her heart. She talked to Sun while laughing. She glanced at Qi Heng who was standing with Xu and Lu. Princess Pingning couldn't help but think of her father, Marquis of Xiangyang.

A few days ago, the Marquis of Xiangyang almost cheated and asked the princess to come to the Xu family and beg the Xu family to add Qi Heng to the list of boys who could sleep with her.

Because they knew the Xu family's plan, they had already decided on the candidates who would come with Princess Pingning and Qi Heng. They invited the noble daughter of the Cao family, Marquis of Tuoxi.
This is a daughter of the Queen's biological brother. She had just returned to the capital and was two or three years younger than Qi Heng.

They came as a couple, and their status was so noble that the queen nodded, and Sun naturally did not refuse.

After they talked for a while, a maid dressed in festive attire said at the door, "Madam, Madam, the Huyan family is almost here."

After Sun and Princess Pingning exchanged a glance, they said, "Zhang Ge'er, take your brothers to meet them!"

"Yes, mother."

At the gate of Yongyihou Mansion,
It was the six carriages of the Huyan family loaded with gifts for the bride's wedding.
The ones who came on horseback to deliver the dowry gifts were the legitimate sons of the fourth and fifth houses. Xu Zaijing had seen one of them before. He was Huyan Tai, who had previously assisted the Gu and Xu families in capturing bandits in the Yongcheng section of the canal.

When Xu Zaijing was talking to Zaizhang and introducing him,
Everyone from the Huyan family also got off their horses. When Huyan Tai and others walked towards the gate of the Xu family together, they looked at the young men behind Zai Zhang and were secretly amazed.

This. Let's put Xu Zaijing, who is in the emperor's heart, aside for now;
This young Lord Lu, the future Duke of Lian, is Xu Zaijing's sworn brother;

Young Master Qi, the future Duke of Qi, a classmate of the Xu brothers!
Zai Zhang is the eldest son-in-law of Mr. Sheng, the Minister of Personnel.

Looking at their own family again, they are no longer the descendants of Marquis Jinghai. If it weren't for Marquis Yongyi's statement, they don't know whether they can keep their official positions.

Don’t even mention other business interests.

Before Huyan Tai and the others thought much, they saw Zai Zhang smiling, bowing and walking towards them, and even opened his arms to hug Huyan Tai and the others.

Xu Zaijing followed behind with the same movements.

The two brothers used too much force to hug the people from Huyan's family. Whether this was due to enthusiasm or something else, it depends on one's own opinion.

Qi Heng's movements were a little stiff, but Lu Zezong looked very interested.

This immediately dispelled the anxiety of the Huyan family members.

"Have fun all the way, please come in!"

"please!"

When they entered the guest hall in the courtyard, Huyan Tai and others saw the eldest son of the Xu family, Xu Zaiduan.

The reason why he didn't go out today was because Lord Xu was now in charge of the north, and Xu Zaiduan returned to the capital on behalf of his father, so he was considered an elder.

Everyone sat down and the food and wine were served.

Inner Courtyard,
The three daughters of the Xie family, Xie Rui, Tingyi and the three Lans, as well as several cousins ​​from her maternal grandparents' family, are accompanying An Mei as relatives.

A group of girls were chattering, talking about the wedding dress and tiara placed behind Anmei.

In the past two years, Xu Minghua has been increasingly valued, and the Xu family has become more and more prosperous. At Anmei's wedding, Lady Bai and Pingmei have expressed their love.
Therefore, Anmei's wedding dress and crown were more complicated and expensive than Pingmei's.

Even though Rulan is talking affectionately with her cousins ​​from the Sun family,

In fact, at the beginning, Rulan, like Molan, ignored the girls from the Sun family.

But when Rulan heard her cousins ​​from the Sun family talking about the plots of miscellaneous books and novels in Beijing, her ears suddenly perked up.

Rulan unknowingly walked to the side of the Sun family cousins, and occasionally interrupted them. No matter what, Rulan was the legitimate daughter of a scholar family.
She had more miscellaneous books to read than the girls from the Sun family. After reading them, Rulan felt like a fish in water. She chattered non-stop and had close relationships with the girls from the Sun family.

Molan moved closer to Tingyi and Xie Rui, leaning against Minglan and chatting with Tingyi, and she also interjected a few words.

The one that Anmei and Tingyi were focusing on was an eight or nine-year-old girl sitting on the bed. She was the empress's own niece.
I don’t know if this lady is suffering from acclimatization, but she looks a little unhappy. She is surrounded by strangers and feels a little awkward.

Everyone was chatting happily.
Hua Xiang walked in with a smile, bowed and said with a smile: "Ladies, the Huyan family's makeup gift has arrived."

Hearing this, the girls in the room stopped talking and looked at An Mei with a smile.

This made An Mei, who had a straightforward personality, feel embarrassed.

Minglan smiled and grabbed some candied fruits from the tray that Yunxiang was holding and distributed them to Tingyi, Anmei and the noble lady of the Cao family.

Tingyi gently pinched Minglan's chubby face and said, "Minglan, didn't you say you should go on a diet? If you eat more, you'll get fatter."

Minglan looked at the candied fruit in her hand and said, "If you don't eat enough, how can you have the energy to diet?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the noble lady of the Cao family and the people around her burst into laughter.

An Mei also touched Minglan's little bun lovingly.

Minglan ate by herself, looking at the girls in the room, and thought to herself that her eldest sister's wedding was not so lively.

The first quarter of the afternoon (after 1 p.m.)

I have finished my lunch.

Several luxurious carriages arrived on Quyuan Street.

The carriage drove directly to the second gate of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion. One by one, the noble ladies, holding the hands of their nannies or maids, got off the carriage and walked towards Sun's courtyard.

For a moment, the road to the mistress's courtyard of the Xu family was surrounded by pearls and jade, and her fragrant clothes and hair were full of jewels and gems.

The ladies first came to see Sun, and then went to see Anmei.

Mrs. Wu also came to Sun's room at this time, and just teased the only two male babies in the room who were wearing open-crotch pants.

Looking at the charming girls, Mrs. Wu cracked white pumpkin seeds and whispered to Mrs. Bai beside her.

"Oh, this is the first time Zheng Ni wears clothes of this color!"

"Miss Feiyan's skin looks really fair!"

While speaking, Mrs. Wu had a wide smile on her face and nodded to the noble ladies who came over from time to time.

"What is this Zhang family's Fifth Lady... Haha, she was released by her mother. I was wondering, how could Little Fifth Lady miss this excitement."

"Oh, this Zheng Zheng girl is dressed so well!"

Listening to what Madam Wu said, Madam Bai was also cracking melon seeds and nodding her head. There was both appreciation and scrutiny in her eyes as she looked at the girls.

"Sister Wu, who is the girl in the corner from?"

Hearing what Mrs. Bai said, Mrs. Wu leaned over and said, "The eldest daughter of the Yu family, Yanran."

Mrs. Bai nodded, then her eyes lit up and she asked, "What about this one who just came in?"

Madam Wu smiled and glanced at Bai, then said, "The second young lady of the Hai family, Chaoyun."

"Hiss! Hai family?"

"Ok!"

Mrs. Bai looked at Hai Chaoyun, nodded with satisfaction, and said with some regret, "What a pity! The Hai family does not allow concubines!"

Mrs. Wu beside her raised her eyebrows.

Soon the girls left and went to Anmei's place. In the hall, the ladies began to talk about it.

Several of them even came to Madam Wu to ask for advice.

Anmei's courtyard,

The three Lan and Sun sisters had already come outside the house.

It was around 4 p.m., the warmest time of the day.

In Anmei's house,

The girls, who had just felt a little awkward in front of the mistresses and ladies, now felt much more relaxed.

Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan were talking to An Mei.
Anmei's personal maid, Ye'er, would go out from time to time with a jewelry box in her hand, which would be registered by a special person and placed in Anmei's dowry room.

The clerk in charge of registration looked at the things in the jewelry box and was amazed. It was because they were too valuable.

Looking at the expressions of everyone in the room, especially Rong Feiyan, whom she had met several times and was quite familiar with, the noble lady of the Cao family became more lively than before.

Everyone gave gifts and talked.
After a while, Cuichan, who was beside Hualan, came to invite the noble lady of the Cao family, and she was preparing to go to Huyan's house.

The Huyan family sent six carts of gifts to urge the bride to wear the bridegroom, but in fact the Xu family could send back twelve carts, or even more.

But the Xu family only responded with the same six-car gift.

On the way to Huyan's house,
Xu Zaijing was riding a horse, with Lu Zezong in front of him and Qi Heng riding a horse beside him.

In the carriage behind them sat the girl from the Tuoxi Marquis family and a nanny holding the eldest grandsons of the Gu and Xu families.

Hu Yanjiong's newlywed courtyard was not in the same house as Mrs. Pan and the former Marquis of Jinghai and his wife.
It was newly purchased by the Huyan family and the Pan family. The yard is not smaller than the Sheng family's, but the location is much better.

At the gate of Hu Yanjiong's new house, Xu Zaijing saw Madam Pan and hurriedly bowed and said:

"Hello, Aunt Chunan!"

Madam Pan looked at the young men and women from the duke's family beside Xu Zaijing and nodded with a smile in her eyes.

Without saying much, everyone walked into the bridal chamber, and Mother Zhu directed the maids to start decorating it.

When Ruhualan got married, the Sheng family arranged the house in a similar way to the Xu family's, with curtains hung, beds made, and jewelry boxes placed.

After the arrangement was completed, he and Zai Zhang had already had sex once during Pingmei's wedding.

Xu Zaijing was new to the job but became quite familiar with it after a while. He rolled around on the bed quite skillfully. After saying some auspicious words, he immediately walked out of the house.

Qi Heng and Lu Zezong imitated it with great interest.

The girl from the Cao family, Marquis of Tuoxi, stayed until the end and completed the rolling on the bed with Xu Xingdai and her cousin.

Looking at the two cute babies, the girl smiled a lot more.

Outside the door, I saw Lu Zezong and Qi Heng coming out.
Xu Zaijing asked, "Zong'er, have you learned it?"

Lu Zezong blinked, looked at Xu Zaijing, and said with a smile: “Brother, I learned it!”

Xu Zaijing looked at the busy maids in the yard and said, "Well, you are the youngest and have many sisters in your family, so you have to do it at least six times."

Lu Zezong looked serious and nodded as if he had an important task.

At this time, the noble lady of the Cao family came out with the nanny holding the children of the Gu and Xu families. After looking at Qi Heng and Lu Zezong, she lowered her head slightly.

Afterwards, Mother Zhu arranged for a maid to stay behind to take care of the family, and Xu Zaijing took everyone to the banquet prepared by the Huyan family.

Today, the Pan family almost monopolizes the trade with the Kingdom of Jin and has a huge fortune.

Ruzhu Mama, Cuichan and other servants of the Xu family who came with them sat at the table. After the nanny of the Huyan family distributed the wedding money, everyone checked it and their faces were filled with joy.

After dinner,
Xu Zaijing led everyone back to Quyuan Street. After talking for a while in the house of Sun's courtyard,
Princess Pingning, Qi Heng and the noble lady of the Cao family quickly said goodbye. Xu Zaijing accompanied his mother and sister-in-law to the second gate to see them off to the carriage.

Back in the yard, Xu Zaijing sat in a chair and drank sobering soup. He had really drunk a lot of alcohol from morning till now.

Zhu Mama and Cui Chan continued to talk about what they saw and heard at Huyan's house.

At this time, the maid came over with the pair of keys and handed them to Sun.

Xu Zaijing had sharp eyes and knew that it was the house next to the racecourse.

There were a lot of people there these past two days, and the houses near the racecourse were full of weapons. The door of Master Yin Bo's room and other places were all locked.

Xu Zaijing asked in confusion: "Mother, what is this?"

Sun smiled and looked at her daughters-in-law, saying:
"The daughters of several noble families heard from Zhang's Fifth Lady that the house that the Li family built for our family was neat and beautiful, so before leaving, they came to me to get the key."

Xu Zaijing nodded and took another sip of the sobering soup.

The sound of cars rumbles.

From outside the car came the voices of street vendors, talking and shouting.

In the carriage, Xibu and Ningxiang looked at each other and said:
"Girl, you."

Rong Feiyan looked over, seemingly thinking about something, and said:
"Xi Bu, what's wrong?"

“Miss, I don’t know why, but when Ningxiang and I followed you into the room where Brother Xu was staying on the sidelines, we felt something was different!”

Rong Feiyan asked doubtfully, "Different? Is it?"

Ningxiang nodded quickly and said:

"Miss, there are some! I have helped clean the room where our master keeps his weapons several times, but..."

Ningxiang tilted her head and thought for a while, then said:

"But, I can't explain it, I just feel that the Xu family's house is different from ours."

Rong Feiyan smiled and said, "It should be neater and cleaner than your brother's room?"

The two maids looked at each other, nodded hesitantly, and then seemed to think of something and said:
"Girl, why are the feather arrows used by Brother Xu so thick?"

Xi Bu said as he measured with his hands and continued:
"I also saw Miss Zheng Zheng behind us. She was carefully weighing a feather arrow!"

Rong Feiyan nodded, she saw it too.

The carriage headed north along the busy street.

In the carriage, Yunmu sat on one side and said to Chai Zhengzheng who was sitting in the middle with a smile:
"Girl, you look so good now that you're in the carriage!"

Chai Zhengzheng lifted the car curtain, looked at the street scene outside, and said with a smile on his face:
"I'm naturally in a good mood because of Sister Anmei's joy!"

Yunmu pursed his lips and nodded without comment.

Another personal maid said:

"Girls, the iron spear in the room, Miss Feiyan and Miss Zhang, both of them can't lift it, can it really be used by humans?"

Chai Zhengzheng put down the curtain in his hand, looked over, and said, "Of course there is someone who can use it."

"Oh!"

After passing through the bustling Panlou Main Street, passing the Donghua Gate of the Imperial City, and turning into an alley with white walls and green tiles, the surroundings became much quieter.

He got off the carriage at the second gate and returned to his own yard.
Yunmu said as he helped Chai Zhengzheng change his clothes:

"Miss, when we came out of that room, Miss Feiyan's personal maid asked me!"

Chai Zhengzheng looked over questioningly.

"Ask this slave if she feels anything different!"

Chai Zhengzheng stopped changing his clothes and replied, "Is there any difference?"

Yunmu nodded and said, "Yes, but I can't tell where."

Chai Zhengzheng motioned Yunmu to continue, then said to another maid, "Fuyi, go watch at the outer door."

"Yes, girl."

There were only the master and servant in the room. Chai Zhengzheng whispered, "Yunmu, did you see the feather arrow I'm holding?"

Yunmu nodded, propped up Chai Zhengzheng's clothes on the hanger, and said, "I saw that you pulled it out of the quiver. What's wrong, girl?"

Chai Zhengzheng said softly: "Those feather arrows and that iron spear have killed people."

Yun Mu's hands trembled, and he lowered his voice and said:
"Ah? Girl, have you ever killed someone?"

"It was before."

Chai Zhengzheng nodded. She was watching Qingyun cleaning the blood stains on the feather arrows and iron spear.

Yunmu whispered, "No wonder it feels a little different."

The sky is already dark,

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

The kitchen was brightly lit, and the chefs were coming in and out, busy preparing dishes for tomorrow's meal.

In Anmei Courtyard,
A pair of clean little cats were carried out by the maid.

On the bed in the bedroom,
Just now, mother Sun had already told Anmei about her dowry.

Let's put aside the dowry given by the Xu family for now.
In addition, just like when Pingmei got married, Madam Sheng also gave her a farm.

Sister Pingmei repaired two shops on a busy street in Bianjing, while Xie and Hualan each gave a share of the "Jinbuhuan" business in the south.

Most of the gifts given to other relatives were silver banknotes, jewelry, etc.

Put the certificates of land and shops together with the silver notes into a precious wooden box,
Sun reached out and tucked Anmei's scattered hair behind her ears, saying:

"The Huyan family has encountered misfortune now, but your father thinks that Jiong is still motivated. If he makes meritorious contributions in the future, his title may be restored."

An Mei nodded.

"Your mother-in-law is a good person. The yard is newly bought so that you and your wife can live without being disturbed."

"But now that you have entered the Huyan family, you cannot be arrogant because of your favor. Just because our family is in a good situation, you cannot act arrogantly! But you cannot be bullied and not say a word!"

"Yeah, I get it, mom!"

Sun took a deep breath, looked at her daughter, and said:

"Time flies so fast."

"By the way, the embroidery that the young lady from the Sheng family sent you has also been placed in the box for you to see when the time comes."

An Mei nodded quickly.

After saying that, Sun got up from the bed, touched Anmei's cheek again, then turned and left the room.

Half an hour later,

Ye Er looked at An Mei and said:
"Girl, the two ladies are here."

"Please come in!"

Xie and Hualan walked in arm in arm with a maid holding something. An Mei blushed and smiled:
"Sister-in-law, please sit down. Ye'er will serve tea!"

After a while, the maids left the bedroom.

Xie looked at Hualan and said, "Sister An, your second sister-in-law and I want to talk to you about something."

A quarter of an hour later,
Xie and Hualan came out together. Hualan nodded uncomfortably and said, "Sister-in-law, you said it very well."

Mrs. Xie asked, "Is it different from what Aunt Sheng said?"

Hua Lan: “.”

early in the morning,
The sky is bright,

Xu Zaijing and his two brothers stood outside the ancestral hall.

I took a quick sniff and it was filled with the scent of incense sticks and burning paper money.

An Mei's voice of prayer came from the ancestral hall: "Ancestors, please listen, I am getting married today, and I dare not act on my own."

Listening to his sister's words, Xu Zaijing looked up at the clear blue sky and thought to himself:

I wonder if my great aunt prayed like this when she got married decades ago.

When my great aunt said "I dare not be self-centered", did her voice become lower?
I don't know whether my great aunt spoke in a low voice or not, but my sister's voice in the ancestral hall was much lower:

"Five sons and two daughters, seven children reunited. Two sons-in-law, both polite and virtuous."

After praying, Anmei returned to the yard and Mrs. Quanfu began to massage her face.

Xu Zaijing and his two brothers came to the front hall in the front yard to entertain guests.

Gu Tingyu was sitting on a chair at this time, talking to several elders from the tribe who came from Daizhou. Although Gu Tingyu was not very old,
But whether in the Gu family or the Xu family, when discussing matters, he always sat very close to the front.

Xu Zaijing looked at his kind brother-in-law, then looked at himself.

One in culture and one in martial arts,
Before Hu Yanjiong enters the Xu family's gate, he must experience what despair is!!!
Gu Tingyu, sitting on the chair, looked at his brother-in-law Xu Zaijing and smiled.

During the time when Hu Yanjiong went to the north with him, he went down to the river without fear of the bitter cold in winter. His performance along the way, coupled with the support of the Gu and Xu families,
It must be a promising one.

He understood what his brother-in-law meant!

When he married Pingmei, Xiaowu didn't make things difficult for his brother-in-law.
Thinking of this, Gu Tingyu nodded slightly and gave Xu Zaijing a look that said "leave it to me".

At this time, a servant came to the door and bowed to everyone, saying, "Gentlemen, the Huyan family has sent another gift to urge the bride to get married."

South of Bianjing City,

Outside Nanxun Gate,

A convoy of mostly flatbed carriages with small flags bearing the word "white" arrived here.

A man on a carriage looked at the towering city gate tower and said to the carriage behind him:

"Mother, my lady, we have arrived in Bianjing."

Hearing this,

In the carriage, a woman whose face was somewhat similar to Wei Shuyi lifted the curtain and looked out.

(End of this chapter)