Neighbors with powerful ministers

According to Xie Jie's wishes, the wedding of Xie Jie and Fang Chaoci was finally held at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, which heralds the end of winter and the time when everything in spring will recover.

Every family is beaming and preparing to welcome the new year.

While complaining about "I'm preparing for the New Year and preparing for the wedding at the same time, why are you so busy?", she miraculously prepared everything for Xie Jie at the last moment, and it seemed that she came prepared.

The queen was amazed: "...how on earth did this happen?" Is the potential of being a mother so terrible?For the sake of the child, he only became a queen, did he lose in a certain sense?

Emperor Wen had already seen through everything, he shook his head and laughed, and explained to Fa his wife: "The girl has been preparing a wife's book for Tu'er since she was three years old; my uncle was already accumulating wealth for the wedding when Tu'er was not born; What I said to Dolphin before was just to scare him. Don’t say that I will get married in a while, even if Dolphin gets married right away, the girl can prepare for him.”

"But before the capital, it wasn't..." Yongji's death is difficult to recover in a short time.

"Although the Princess Mansion is gone, the girl was afraid that the porpoise would find out these things, so she hid them elsewhere early, and everything was safe and sound." It can be regarded as a careless intention.

Empress Nie listened thoughtfully, should she also keep a hand just in case?There is not only one son in their family, but also a precious daughter who is loved by thousands of people.

Although this daughter didn't worry about it, she was going to find her uncle to take her to play on the moon every day, and she had planned for a long time to pester her father to change her title, from Princess Yan to Princess Moon.

Even Emperor Wen, who felt that he owed a lot to his children, could not follow his daughter's wishes against his conscience.

"Why?!" Mengmeng looked at her swindling father with a broken expression on her face, and she pouted her petal-like red lips angrily, "I will never be with you again, number one in the world!" !"

"It's okay, it's okay, it's good to be number two in the world." Emperor Wen turned into a silly father, very contented.

"It's for your own good not to change your title," the Queen chimed in, "You'll know it when you grow up. If you don't believe me, ask your great-aunt."

The eldest princess is still reluctant to explain the oolong love between her and her son-in-law to others, because once explained, the name "Xianniang" full of dark history cannot be avoided.Even many posthumous works of love letters written by Xie He to the eldest princess have been handed down to this day without titles.Because those titles are often about "Nian Xianniang", "Gift to Xianniang", and "Remembrance of Xianniang" on the third day of September due to the wind and rain... Since the deceased has no way to defend herself, the eldest princess changed all the poems to "Untitled".

Untitled [-], Untitled [-]... Unlimited sorting, anyway, she is not the one who needs to recite poems in the future.

Cough, let's go too far, let's talk about the wedding, the princess's preparations for her son's wedding can be said to be solemn yet lively, compact and full of rest, and there is no place that is not decorated according to Xie Jie's wishes.

But just like every hard-working mother, as much as the eldest princess has paid, she must have talked about her son as much, and she is more worried than Tang Seng.

"I want to help you too, but you won't let me." Xie Jie let out a cry from his soul.

For banquets, Xie Jie should not be too good at it. In his short 20 years of life, he has basically enriched his talents in holding banquets with various themes.But his mother just thinks that he is not good enough, and she is afraid of him making trouble, sometimes afraid that he will be tired, and the most important thing is that she dislikes him and directs blindly.

But if Xie Jie really doesn't do anything, he will be nagged by the Eldest Princess again: "Xie Tuan'er! Whose wedding is this?!"

All in all, eight words-chicken and dog jump, people turn their backs on their backs.

In the end, the mother and son still had to go back to the old topic.

The eldest princess: "Why do you think you are in such a hurry to get married!"

Emperor Wen sat in the flower hall of the Princess Mansion in a white dragon fish suit, quietly translating for Xie Jie: "You don't know that I miss you?"

The eldest princess continued to curse with her hands on her hips: "You are so unbelievable!"

Emperor Wen: "Mother will always be proud of you."

The Eldest Princess: "I'm really annoying you, don't come over!"

Emperor Wen: "Hurry up and praise me!"

Emperor Wen's translation was finally heard by the Eldest Princess. She sneered, held Xie Jie's ear in one hand, and Emperor Wen's in the other, and threw them both out the door, punishing them to stand!

Emperor Wen Youyou said: "Am I really a person who came back from the dead and made you miss it for many years?" I feel that there is no dignity at all QAQ

Xie Jie was still on the sidelines, making up his sword coolly: "Your halo has long since faded away, thank you. You were still the best seeded player of the eternal emperor who was missed by everyone before, and now? Sooner or later, you will be killed by your wife. Don’t you know that you are only valuable when you are dead? You have to be scolded if you are alive, admit it.”

When Emperor Wen heard that Xie Jie mentioned his wife, he smiled happily: "That's not called being afraid of your wife, but respect, do you understand respect? That's what your father told me when I was a child."

Xie He didn't die until Emperor Wen was six or seven years old. As Emperor Wen's first teacher, Xie He instilled a lot of "wrong ways" in Emperor Wen.

"I was waiting for the appreciation of those calligraphy and paintings before, but now they are all in my hands." Xie Jie spread his hands, expressing deep regret.

After finishing speaking, the cousins ​​smiled tacitly, because it is worthless because it is worthless, so it is really good.

The background sound is the eldest princess's angry roar: "You two worry-free things, you still have a smile!"

Mengmeng and Second Master cheered up the Eldest Princess and cheered hard: "Teach them! Teach them!"

The little prince sat obediently on the side, and found out sadly that there was no cat to lick after leaving the palace, because Fang Qing and the uncle were no longer neighbors, so there was no way to just drop by.So sad, why is my uncle still not married, turning the cat into a joint property of the husband and wife.

Before Emperor Wen brought his two children back to the palace that night, he said to Xie Jie: "It seems that I haven't had time to tell you that I hope you will be happy as a newlywed and always be happy."

Xie Jie's heartless smile, as if all the time was nothing to worry about, was the second most beautiful smile Emperor Wen had ever seen in the world.

The first is of course the day when he and his wife got married, the bride bowed her head shyly in the cold wind.

"We will all be happy, because the bottom of life has passed." Xie Jie always believed that his future must be bright.He thought it was a manifestation of the power of prophecy after he and Fang Chaoci became more and more assimilated, while the Eldest Princess thought it was his son's unfounded self-confidence.But I have to say that this confidence is easy to infect people, at least that's what Emperor Wen believed.

A few days later, Empress Dowager Su, who had been a matchmaker for Xie Jie once, also believed her.

Although it is said that Shenzong has already bestowed a marriage, but in the traditional sense, the communication between matchmakers is still indispensable. In this world, Xie Jie is probably the only one who can invite the Queen Mother of Yiguo to become him as a great matchmaker.

The Taishang Emperor Shenzong, who had retired before forty, was about to grow mushrooms at home.People are so strange. When you are busy, you look forward to being free. When you are really free, you feel a little boring. Even Shenzong, who is especially good at looking for fun, has a period of time when he is not very used to this retirement life.

Because of this, Xie Jie's wedding has become Shenzong's entire pursuit during this period. He is more active than his sister, and those who don't know think that his child is getting married.

On this day, Shenzong also came back with Mrs. Su, and he also deliberately wore a purple wide-sleeved trousers, which looked like a big eggplant.He said that he heard that the superiors said that the matchmakers of the palace matchmaker had to wear a hijab and purple trousers, so he did so.What's wrong with being different?His nephew is getting married, he is happy!

Both men and women in Daqi can wear gowns, but they are generally worn by women, while men wear them in official uniforms.Walking on the street dressed like Shenzong, especially dressed like his wife... It always makes people feel like sisters, a pair of particularly rich eggplant sisters.

When the eldest princess saw it, she burst out laughing: "What are you doing?"

Shenzong would also show off, and immediately showed off his recent achievements, winked and said to his sister: "This is called Caiyi entertaining relatives, how is it? The effect is outstanding, right?"

It is indeed very entertaining, and it also relieves the tension and anxiety of the eldest princess when her son's marriage is approaching.

Talking about matchmaking is actually a procedure for outsiders to see. After all, what a matchmaker says is that no matchmaker is a concubine.This time the matchmaker came to the door, and the real focus was Daqi's unique "common capital".

"Communication of wealth", as the name suggests, means that the family members of both parties to the marriage communicate with each other to see how much money each other has.

Daqi was a dynasty with a very developed commodity economy, and the concept of family status between marriages was much weaker than that of the previous dynasty that focused on blood.Instead, marriage is discussed in terms of the assets of both men and women.In the intermarriage certificate brought by the matchmaker, in addition to writing the name and birth date of the marriage partner, it is also necessary to write clearly the inherent assets of both parties.

Because of this, the woman's style of generous marriage became more and more intense. During the time when the eldest princess married, the ten-mile red makeup had already formed.

Xie Jie and Fang Chaoci were both men, saying that it was inappropriate for anyone to marry, so in the end it meant that they got married together in the palace, and Emperor Wen presided over the wedding instead of their father, who had already passed away.

Because of this, there is no such thing as a rich marriage, but there is a weird comparison of having to have more assets than the other party.

There is no cure for Fang Chaoci's mother's madness, otherwise Fang Chaoci would have taken his mother to the spaceship for treatment, and the old lady has been honorably raised in Fang Chaoci's mansion since she was brought back.Originally, the old lady was clamoring to go back to her hometown, Tea Tree City, but when she heard that Fang Chaoci was getting married, she stopped making noise.

I don't know if she is recovering for the time being or if she is crazy, anyway, she only has one thing on her mind every day, and she is all about waiting for her son to happily marry a wife.Whether she is good or bad, she is very easy to coax.

Even if it was later heard that it was not the daughter-in-law, but the eldest son of the eldest princess's mansion, the old lady was as happy as something.

"Both men and women are the same. In the future, my mother will give you a big fat son, who will be as promising as you." The old lady should be sober now. When she is sober, she knows that Fang Chaoci is her adopted son. If she is not sober, Fang Chaoci is Her son who died young.Anyway, Fang Chaoci is a good son who makes her proud.

Fang Chaoci didn't dare to tell the old lady that he and Xie Jie didn't actually plan to have a child, and Xie Jie also advocated not talking to the old lady. If he said something like that, how many years would the old lady have to live?Just follow him.

Facts have also proved that Mrs. Fang is really a very soft-hearted and kind old lady. When she is sober, she knows that Xie Jie and Fang Chaoci don't want children for the time being, so she understands that they are busy with government affairs and career; , she took the "daughter-in-law" she thought to be comforting and said: "I don't have children, it's just that fate hasn't come. Don't worry, it's not something to worry about. If anyone dares to talk to you, mother will call for you." Break her leg!"

When the old lady Fang was young, her child died early, and then she could no longer have children, and she suffered a lot for this.Even if her husband defends her again, this is the way the world is.When she's an old lady in charge, she'll be sick of people talking about it.

Therefore, whether it is a son-in-law or a daughter-in-law, Xie Jie is very popular with the old lady.

This soft and kind old lady, the only dispute in her life was the rivalry with the eldest princess in "communication and wealth".It can be said that I evacuated my own home, and I have to fight the eldest princess to the end.

It's not for any reason, but I just don't want my son to be inferior in front of the eldest princess.

To be the number one scholar and marry a princess, this is what Mrs. Fang has always expected of Fang Chaoci.But in her heart, she didn't think it was very possible. How many families were looking forward to their son being the son-in-law, didn't they just think about it?Who would have thought that Fang Chaoci would be so upbeat, that he would become the number one scholar and marry the princess.When it came to the step of discussing marriage with the royal family, the old lady was a little worried, fearing that their small family would make the princess laugh.

Fang Chaoci couldn't laugh or cry, and couldn't explain it clearly to his mother.

I want to persuade the eldest princess to stop...it's not realistic. With the strong character of the eldest princess, she has never lost to anyone in her life.When she got married, she still wanted to dominate the son-in-law, let alone her son got married.

On the contrary, it was the last two young ones who were persuaded strangely by the Eldest Princess.

"What are you in a hurry for? Your mother and I are not in a hurry. Your mother is smart. She will give Dolphin as much as I give you. Why? This is not a rivalry, but to reassure me in advance that her things will come later It’s all for you and Dou’er. Coincidentally, my things will definitely be left for Dou’er and you in the future. What’s the difference between giving now and giving in the future? Only when you have money can you have confidence, right? ?”

When the two mothers were almost fighting, the Emperor Wen and the Empress followed the tradition and summoned Fang Chaoci and Xie Jie.

"What kind of tradition is this?" Xie Jie didn't know when their family had the tradition of being called to the palace to see before marriage.

"It started from your generation." The Eldest Princess was acting strangely.

Classmate Wen Penzi reminded Xie Jie in a low voice: "When a princess marries out, she must summon her son-in-law. Your mother was afraid that you would lose face, so she discussed with Xie'er and summoned the two of you instead."

Xie Jie: "..."

After being "obsessed with obsession" for such a long time, the eldest princess finally realized that her son was the one who was oppressed, so she stopped struggling and just wanted to save face.

***

The day to come has come. On a certain auspicious day, Emperor Wen and the Empress sent envoys to Fangfu and Princess Dachangfu, and led Fang Chaoci and Xie Jie to Donghuamen, where they lived in the Biandian (a separate hall outside the main hall) , a place for rest and recreation) received the newcomer, and bestowed jade belts, boots, wats, pommel horses, a hundred pieces of Luo Jin, and ten thousand taels of silverware.

These things are not counted in the assets of the two of them. They are the intentions of Emperor Wen and the Empress to subsidize them. The handwriting is not insignificant, which is in stark contrast to the diligence and thrift that Emperor Wen always advocated.

But Emperor Wen only thanked Jie Jie for such a cousin, and the cousin's mother had just made such a great contribution, so no one else could say anything.

The Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager Su also subsidized things of the same specification, which did not exceed the two emperors, but they also expressed their love for Xie Jie in their own way.In private, Shenzong pulled Xie Jie and said: "I have half of the gold mine, and half of your mother. Your mother doesn't want it, so you can take it."

After defeating the barbarians, Shenzong's gold mine returned to him, and he once again lived a comfortable life of letting his wife spend his own money instead of spending his wife's money.

It has to be said that Shenzong still likes to spend money on his wife, there is no reason for it, it is just that he feels that he has a little bit of confidence when he speaks like this.

"Can my little aunt agree?" Xie Jie naturally refused to accept this great gift, but he couldn't directly reject his uncle's kindness, so he could only bring out his little aunt to scare him.

Classmate Wen Penzi is good at everything, but he can't save money, and if he spends two for one, he is even more generous to his own people.When Taizong left a gold mine for his young son, he was afraid that it would not be enough for him to spend.

"It was your little aunt who asked me to do this." It is rare for Shenzong and his wife to have such a tacit understanding on one thing, "Your little aunt said, if it weren't for your mother, I would never want to come back to this gold mine in my life." I gave half to your mother. Is there anything wrong? There is nothing wrong with it. But your mother just refuses to take it, and still uses her status as a sister to suppress me, so angry. So, I will suppress you~ I am your uncle, long It is a gift from those who cannot refuse it, understand?"

"...You have learned a lot recently." Xie Jie sighed and wanted to change the subject.

Shenzong was very proud: "That must be, I have been at home recently, and I have done a lot of research." Simply put, he was full and full, "Don't try to change the subject, it's settled like this."

"I don't want it." Xie Jie is really not short of money, anyone may be short of money, but he is absolutely impossible, even if Jiang Zuo's house is not so valuable, Xie Jie is not losing money, he has already earned enough.

"I don't care if you want it or not. When the day comes, I'll pull a cart and throw it at your door, whether you want it or not."

Shenzong is a stubborn boy who will definitely do what he says. In the history books about the customs and customs during the Daqi period, this passage is also recorded: The Supreme Emperor has gold in the wild. Every month, he puts the car outside the Xiemen, saying, don’t bother leave.Lead the people to look at the city.

Every month, people would go outside Xie's house to see if Xie Jie wanted gold this time, hoping to pick up the leak.

Unfortunately, I have never been able to pick it up.

After meeting, everyone sat down and had a meal.The specification of five imperial banquets, and musicians from Jiaofang playing and singing.These musicians not only have to add to the fun at this time, but also have a very important job afterwards-send Xie Jie and Fang Chaoci home.

That is to say, after having a meal with Hehe Meimei, and after Fang Chaoci and Xie Jie thanked the two emperors, they will ride a tall horse with a gold-painted imperial fairy flower saddle and marmoset seat, hold a silk whip, and open an umbrella. Accompanied by human musicians, they were sent home in a high-profile way.This is called "Xuanxi", which basically means that this family is recognized by the emperor, and they will go around the city for everyone to see.

It is similar to the nature of Zhuangyuan Lang playing horses and parading through the streets.

Many people went out of their homes to watch this pair of "dog boy and boy" who are not low-key at all.Xie Jie held his neck high and his eyes were clean, but because of his talent and reputation, this unbeatable look can be interpreted as the arrogance and demeanor that a talented person should have.For a while, there was a strange trend in Yongji, no matter what the knowledge was, the score must be presented first.

Not long after the two were summoned by the emperor, the real auspicious day came, the day of marriage.

Xie Jie and Fang Chaoci set off from their respective homes at the same time, wearing the jade belts of ordinary clothes, rode to the Hening Gate, changed into the mian clothes, and set off again to Donghuamen.

Before departure, Fang Chaoci always looked like a male god.The focus is not on appearance, but on temperament.

Only the old lady Fang could see Fang Chaoci's nervousness. She smiled all over her face, held her son's hand, and patted his back over and over again, just like she did to Fang Chaoci when she was a child.Humming a soft hometown tune, calmed down the uneasiness and uneasiness in his son's heart.

Xie Jie's situation is no better than Fang Chaoci's.

Just like on a certain day many years ago, the great talent Xie He was also so nervous. He was so nervous that he was on the same level, but he still had a springy smile on his face, so that no one could see that he was different.

The old man and the eldest princess tacitly took turns comforting Xie Jie.

Xie Jie still wants to be brave: "Ben, this son will not be nervous, isn't it just getting married, first time is born and second time is acquaintance."

"Bah, bah, bah!" The eldest princess was anxious, "How many times do you want to get married, you little bastard? Let me tell you, you are the one who is crying and clamoring to choose. If you dare to treat others badly, what kind of fuss will you make?" Intestines, see if I don't beat you to death!"

The eldest princess and her son-in-law have been together for the rest of their lives, and they don't want to see those goofy things, even her son can't!

"I know, I know!"

The team that set out was even bigger than the one that returned home from the palace that day, and there were still musicians from the singing and dancing workshop playing and singing along.Nian'er, who was young but already the prince, was the emissary, riding a docile pony in the front, followed by eight hairpin boys, four female envoys playing square fans, and four envoys playing round fans. The female envoys, ten people lead flowers, ten people carry lamps, walking barriers, sitting barriers, everything is available.

The eldest princess led a team to send them off in person, and the royal family including the king of Zongzheng Temple were also among them, allowing the people to meet the royal family and nobles who stood at the top of the pyramid but kept a low profile all at once.

The two teams arrived at the palace at about the same time, one on the left and one on the right, and they could see each other from a distance.

On this day, the flowers in the entire imperial city were in full bloom, and the wedding ceremony officially kicked off amidst the flowers that were flying all over the sky.

Emperor Wen and the Empress gave nine banquets, and all the ministers and wives were there, and they all blessed the couple with joy on their faces.No matter how awkward their hearts are, they still have smiles on their faces. They dare not offend the eldest princess who is now in full swing.

At the banquet, Emperor Wen replaced Xie Jie and Fang Chaoci's father according to the records in "Rituals", and warned them at the same time: "Go to welcome you, and inherit my family affairs. Encourage the rate to respect, if there is nothing wrong."

Xie Jie and Fang Chaoci said in unison: "No."

Then, Emperor Wen took out a piece of old letter paper and said: "This is a rather special gift, which was given to me by my girl not long ago, and told me that I must read the letter today. .I will respect the last wish of the person who gave the gift, and read it to you in the simplest and most plain words."

Just the word "simple and plain" is enough for Xie Jie to understand the owner of this gift.

"Bai told my son,

See words like meeting. "

This is really the most classical part of that letter.

"If I could, I wish I could tell you the contents of the letter myself.

It's a pity that when you hear this sentence from someone else, it has already proved that there are things that Dad can't do. I'm sorry, but in the end, you heard this from someone else.

When I was young, my teacher told me that sooner or later I would realize that the world is so big that there are things that I, Xie He, cannot do.At that time, the book business was so angry that it was absolutely impossible.I think, I see, I get.Adhering to this belief, I have been going smoothly for more than [-] years, and now I am shocked to find that the only regret I can't do is that it is so terrible.

I have no way to keep my promise and accompany your mother forever;

I also have no way to watch you grow up and become a talent, pointing to my nose and telling me confidently, there is nothing I can't do in this matter!

Please let me imagine affectionately, maybe when you grow up, you will also regret missing me.I'm sorry to have cast such a shadow over your otherwise smooth life, and to have experienced such a loss of father.

It was me who didn't do a good job as a father.

No matter how you blame me, I think it should be.As a dead person, I shouldn't have picked up your scars, but today is your wedding day or the day of your coronation ceremony, so I still want to say a few words to you selfishly no matter what.

I don't know what kind of person I am in your heart, but I know what kind of person you will grow into in my heart.

As a child, you must be cute and innocent.

As a young man, you must have white teeth and blue eyebrows, Zhilan Yushu.

As a young man, you must be full of poems and books, like a gentleman.

Your mother will definitely take good care of you. This is not an entrustment from me, but my trust and understanding of your mother.

Unfortunately, I can't imagine her hard work, and I can't understand her loneliness.

This is my default and my failure.

I hope you don't become like me and let your future partner and children experience what I have made you feel.

And what I'm doing now is trying to do just that.

Give you a future where you don't need to choose for this, and a life without regrets and regrets.

Hope my efforts were not in vain.

In the end, I licked my face and asked the official for a favor. Let me say this sentence. From today on, you are Zhou Guogong. "

The book is short and the meaning is long, and it does not depend on the delay.

Many years ago, when Xie He was still alive, under the red candlelight, he carried his wife on his back and carefully hugged the sleeping Zhengxiang's child, went to the study room, and wrote these down word by word.

Every stroke seemed to have exhausted his entire mind.

When Xie He came back to his senses, his son had already woken up. He opened a pair of black and white eyes and looked at him curiously. When the eyes of the father and son met, the son suddenly showed him a smile without "tooth". And brilliant.

It was only then that Xie He realized that at some point, Dongfang was already white, and he, known as the man who wrote like a god, spent a whole night writing only such absurd words.

Xie He nodded his son's tender face for the last time: "You will forgive me, right?"

At this end of time, Xie Jie imagined his father, crying and laughing: "I've never blamed him, so why talk about forgiveness."

Xie He: "Happy wedding."

Xie Jie: "I will."