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Chapter 328 When Whispering

Chapter 330
(Since everyone insists...)
King Wen Jun is a kind person, not arrogant, when he saw Lu Yougui's father and daughter coming, he greeted the guests with etiquette, just like the real future in-laws meeting, Lu Yougui was flattered and a little confused At a loss.

Occasionally, Chunying quietly raised her head to look at King Wen's expression, and saw that he was looking at Hu Fei with kindness in his eyes, as if he was a real elder, and thought that Hu Fei had mentioned that he had told him about himself. My father and daughter would not have too much prejudice, so I was a little relieved, but then I heard King Wen asked about the situation of the Lu family in a pleasant way, and there seemed to be some deep meaning in his eyes, so he woke up again.

King Wen had heard that Hu Fei's fiancée was a girl from a wealthy family, but he actually felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.Although it is said that he would rather marry a servant girl than a daughter from a small family, how can his adopted son marry a girl as his regular wife?
This adopted son, at the beginning, was not aware of anything other than being a bit tactful, but during the time he was overseas, he fell ill several times, and even contracted a seasonal epidemic at one point, and was almost in danger, even the servants brought from the palace Be careful, for fear of staining your upper body, the officials in the mission, even though they knew they were noble, did not dare to come near, only Hu Fei, a child, was still attentively waiting on him, there was no shortage of soup, medicine, porridge, and water, and he was uncomfortable. It was also he who wet the towel to clean himself.I remember one time, I couldn't bear it any longer, and advised him to stay away from me. He also said: "The villain was also infected with this disease when he was in Nanyang, and he was cured at that time. Don't be afraid of it in the future. The prince doesn't have to worry about it." .” But when I asked my servant to inquire, others had never heard of it, and Hu Fei had contracted the disease.

This kid, no matter how difficult the conditions are, even if he is hungry and wearing rags, he will try his best to provide himself with the best things he can, and he will say with a smile that he is full, or that he doesn't feel cold or anything.This is by no means a situation that a person who wants to fawn on and climb up can do it.Moreover, he mentioned to himself that his fiancée was a maid, and he was worried that the marriage would be hindered after returning to China, so he asked him to make the decision for him.Is such a request an ambitious person would say?It can be seen that he is an honest boy, although he is more tactful in front of others, it is because he left his hometown at a young age and lived alone outside.If I failed to pay respects to the Buddha this time, it must be because of the Buddha's mercy that I was able to form a bond with this child. Although it is not my own life, it is also a rare fate.

Thinking of this, King Wen couldn't help but look at Hu Fei, seeing him staring at Chunying all the time, his gaze was gentle and focused, he knew that he must have one heart and one mind, and the woman who could win his heartfelt love must be a good girl, right?He sighed secretly, then looked at Chun Ying, seeing her sitting upright in a gentle manner, she was a bit of a family, and his impression of her was a bit better.

The conversation gradually turned to the substantive part. Knowing the current situation of the Lu family, not only Duke Wen was taken aback, but even Hu Fei was pleasantly surprised.

Lu Yougui seemed to have regained his self-confidence, straightened his back, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the old master, the whole family of the villain has become a citizen and has his own property. It is really God's blessing. Originally in Beijing, relying on The rent of a few houses, and the occasional few business transactions, are doing well. Later, I occasionally went to Jiangnan to do something, and found that this place is rich and easy to make a living. Now I have settled down. Although the villain is over 40 years old, but a man, who doesn’t want to be famous? I am a stupid person, I dare not expect to be famous, and I can earn a decent family business for my wife and children. Yes. Now I have opened a cotton cloth store in the city of Suzhou, thanks to the favors of merchants from all over the country. It is considered a little famous, and the business is still decent. At the end of last year, the net profit was several hundred gold. In the spring of this year, it will be completed again A few big deals. The villain has already bought [-] mu of land outside Suzhou city, and he plans to take the deal and go back to the countryside to farm in the future when he gets older, so that he can enjoy a few years of happiness." Then he pointed Refers to Chunying: "It's not easy for this child. For so many years, she has suffered a lot of grievances for the sake of the family. She and Brother Xiao Fei also had many twists and turns. I am determined to share a share of the land and give this child a dowry so that the The young couple of them can live a stable life in the future. Her brother is still young, and I plan to send him to school. When he grows up, he will take the imperial examination seriously, and he won't have to dawdle in this business anymore."

Hu Fei hurriedly turned his head to look at Chunying, his eyes seemed to be full of doubts and surprises.Chunying glanced at him, pursed her lips and smiled, and blinked triumphantly, as if to say: "I've said it before, you never thought of it again!" Hu Fei seemed to understand what she meant, and squinted his eyes with a smirk, He stretched his hands and ten fingers in the cuffs a few times, and bared his teeth at her.

Prince Wen's laughter interrupted their small exchange, and the two hurriedly returned to sitting upright, listening to the words of the elders respectfully.Prince Wen smiled and said: "That's good, that's good! I also plan to buy some property for this child, and they will have a better life in the future!" He was even more satisfied in his heart. But Lu's family has land and land, so it is obvious that they are gradually becoming a country gentry. If his youngest son really has fame in the future, his status will be different. Since Hu Fei was born in an imperial merchant, he is well-matched with his family.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but get excited: "Ying Tianfu has already sent someone to report to the capital. I am old, so I have to rest for a few days, and I will go to Beijing in ten days. While I have time, give two Let's get things done, kid, I'll officiate the wedding myself, and I'll also drink a cup of daughter-in-law tea from your daughter!" Lu Yougui was overjoyed, stood up and bowed: "Thank you, my lord!"

Chun Ying saluted, but her heartbeat quickened a few beats, and then she took a peek at Hu Fei, only to find that Hu Fei was staring straight at her, her face turned hot.

This time, is she really going to get married?Is she really going to marry Hu Fei?

When preparations for the wedding were in full swing, Chunying finally felt a little more realistic.Lu Yougui mobilized all his contacts: he asked Jing's embroiderer to embroider her daughter's wedding dress and embroidered quilt cover, and asked weavers to hurry up and weave 120 pieces of jacquard satin. Merchants and jewelers all sent congratulatory gifts, and acquaintances from other places lent more than [-] boats. Even the steward of the Nanyang Fleet of the Marquis Manor sent a few boxes of medicinal herbs and jewelry to add makeup, not to mention the scattered things from other people he knew.

Chunying stood by the window, looking at the dowry downstairs that filled the entire backyard, a little dumbfounded, and turned to ask her father: "Is this too much? Our family... doesn't have that much wealth, it's too conspicuous. Be careful to make people think about it!"

Lu Yougui waved his hands nonchalantly: "This is the face given by others. It is because your father is usually a man and has many good relationships. If you don't accept him, you will be unhappy. Besides, people in Jiangnan always pay attention to red makeup when they marry a daughter." , What are these? This is because you are in a hurry, you don’t even have time to make your own wedding dress, and you can’t find a good carpenter to carpent the furniture, so you can only make do with it, otherwise, there will be more.”

Chunying bit her lips: "Actually... I can embroider the wedding dress by myself. I have embroidered more than half of it, and I can make it after a while... It's because you don't think it's gorgeous enough, so you asked the Jing family to do it. Ten God... I was too anxious, I... I don't have to rush to marry him in a few days..." It seems a bit weird to hurry...

"Nonsense!" Lu Yougui glared, "Aren't you waiting for him to come back from the capital?! There are more than [-] young people in their mission who are unmarried. I have asked, and most of them are from families Well-off, a few of them still have fame. When they meet the emperor, the emperor is happy, why don’t he reward them with an official? At that time, there will be many young ladies rushing to marry them! Although Brother Xiao Fei has no fame But he is the prince's godson. Who knows how many girls will like him? If he doesn't settle the matter early, what if he marries someone else? The duck that has been boiled for many years is now on the verge of his mouth, so he can't Let it fly!" Speaking of this, he was a little proud: "Those younger generations also had engagements early, and I have communicated with their father-in-laws, and now Suzhou is full of weddings, We are not conspicuous at all!"

Chunying opened her mouth, unable to utter a word.

As the wedding date drew closer day by day, Chunying suddenly felt flustered again.Is she really going to marry Brother Xiao Fei?Although she had been looking forward to this day for a long time, when it came, she felt a little uneasy.In modern times, she had never even been in love, and she traveled through time in a nonchalant manner, but she was going to get married?What if... what if this was just a dream, and someday in the future, she would wake up and return to modern society, where would she go to find her brother Xiao Fei? !
Also, this ancient marriage is quite different from the modern one.Men... can take concubines.If... In the future, when she gets older and loses her youth, Hu Fei falls in love with someone else... Even if he is really steadfast and unyielding, if she becomes pregnant, will she have to arrange a warm bed for him like in the novel? ?Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth: Even in ancient times, if she married an ancient man, she would never think that she would do this!If someone dares to rob her, don't blame her for being rude!

Thinking about it this way, she felt that it would be a good thing to hold the wedding as soon as possible. At least, after Hu Fei showed his face in the capital, there would be a lot fewer women who would try to trick him.As for the future, it depends on her ability!
It's just that such a tangled mood has entangled her for several days.Why can't she see Hu Fei?Since he came back, except for a few words in a hurry when they first met in the teahouse, she hadn't talked to Hu Fei. She really hoped to see him, tell him all the uneasiness in her heart, and ask him to give her a hug. A reassuring answer.

Chunying was still anxious while waiting for marriage, and Hu Fei was not at ease.He is here alone, even if he invites Prince Wen to marry him, and sends a letter to ask the housekeeper and others from the village to assist him, there are countless things for him to take care of.At the same time, Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing, Suzhou Mansion, and even the Bosi Yamen in Hangzhou also came to his door. He still had countless things to explain to them. Officials in several big cities wanted to entertain members of the mission. He had made great achievements in this trip, and his goal was too striking, so he had to bite the bullet and go with the other members to socialize. Within three days, he couldn't take it anymore, and begged his adoptive father to speak before he left. Come.

Old Zhang, the manager of the village, quietly reported to him about Mrs. Hu's mother and son, and because he had no father or mother, and according to local wedding customs, it was necessary for a female elder to come forward, so he asked him if he wanted to inform Mrs. Hu ?Hu Fei sneered, he never thought of calling these two enemies, and asking Lao Zhang to keep this matter a secret, lest Hu Peng come to make trouble when the time comes.With King Wen sitting in the town, just ask him to be the man's high hall.

In addition, according to local customs, a few days before the marriage, the housewife of the male house must personally take care of the unmarried daughter-in-law. Since Mrs. Hu cannot be invited, it is better to invite the wife of the prefect of Suzhou to come out.Who knew that Hu Fei was planning to send a post here to invite him, but on the other side, Prince Wen had already sent a letter to his brother-in-law Ying Chengbo who was staying in Nanjing, asking his sister Mrs. Ying Chengbo to come over.So, Hu Fei's elders are complete.

Li Xu, a good friend who has already returned to Suzhou, was worried that Hu Fei only had real estate in Changshu, and it would take too long and tiring to travel between Suzhou and Changshu during the new year, so he bought a three-in-three house in Suzhou city for him. Going out, the house with a small garden behind it, sent the deed of the house in advance as a wedding gift.Hu Fei was so grateful that he held his hand, speechless for a long time.After Prince Wen knew about it, he patted Li Xu on the shoulder and said, "Okay! It can be seen that he is a close friend, thoughtful, and the young man has a bright future!" Li Xu smiled with a gentle and courteous face.

Both the Hu and Lu families are preparing with great enthusiasm. Although the time is short, both parties intend to make the wedding a big one.On the side of the Hu family, it was Hu Fei who wanted to give Chunying a face, and King Wen felt sorry for the adoptive son who had no parents or elders to take care of him; on the other side of the Lu family, it was Lu Yougui who wanted to show himself after he became prosperous. Lu's mother wanted to show off her strength, so both parties tried their best to do their best.Chunying persuaded her father several times to live within her means and not sacrifice her quality of life for the sake of her wedding, so Lu Yougui restrained himself a bit.The invitations sent out by the two families covered almost half of Suzhou City. There were officials big and small, wealthy businessmen from all walks of life, and even weavers and boatmen were invited to drink a glass of water and wine.In addition to the weddings of other young people of the mission, the entire city of Suzhou was shocked.Not to mention the princes and princes from various countries who came to Daming with the mission, after seeing the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River, they also intend to participate in these weddings and have a good time.

Seeing this, the prefect of Suzhou wanted to show his face in front of the officials and dignitaries who rushed to congratulate King Wen, claiming that it was the first time such a grand event had happened in Suzhou City in the past hundred years. He said, so he ordered people to prepare a lot of fireworks on the side of Taihu Lake, and set up a night market with lanterns in the city, announcing that he would "have fun with the people".

When he arrived in front of King Wenjun, he had already prepared his speeches, from praising the prince's adopted son for being young, promising, talented, and promising, to praising all the members of the mission for being very smart and capable. He made countless meritorious deeds, raised our country's prestige in the Ming Dynasty, and will be famous forever, and all of this is because of the good leadership of King Wenjun, and there are more fleets going overseas. Why don't you see those people are so capable? !Then he changed his mind and humbled himself earnestly, saying that although he is not very rich, but thanks to the emperor's blessing, the people of Suzhou Mansion are rich, and besides eating and drinking, he also hopes to have some fresh entertainment .So, the lights and fireworks appeared, all to celebrate the emperor's [-]th birthday, the people of Suzhou sincerely wish the emperor's birthday and heaven! ! !
Just as the emperor's birthday was approaching, "auspicious signs" appeared one after another in various places. The prefect of Suzhou was not worried that his actions would arouse the emperor's dissatisfaction.King Wen was dizzy and confused by him, but it seemed to be a very happy and lively event. Looking back, envoys from all over the world were there, and he always wanted to open their eyes and raise the prestige of Ming Dynasty, so he nodded.

When these words reached the Lu family, Chunying couldn't keep her mouth shut, and she let go of it from then on—it wasn't that she and Hu Fei wanted to make a fuss, although it was taken advantage of by others, it seemed to her. It's not such an uncomfortable thing, why is she struggling so much?
In this way, the relatives, guests, house and other supplies were all arranged. Seeing that there were still four days before returning to Beijing, there were seven or eight mission members who wanted to marry wives. Everyone counted the auspicious dates and found that It's all on the same day, or even the same hour, and it's a bit silly. Only King Wen didn't care, and waved his hand vigorously: "Let's do it together!" Suzhou City was completely lively.

(The chapter name of this chapter is "Uneasy", but because it cannot be changed, please pay attention.)
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