The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

It is suitable to marry.

Bai Yan slept peacefully all night, but Luoyun Chengyang and the others did not have such a good attitude as him, but the sky was dim, and everyone started to get busy.

"This way, that lantern is crooked..."

"Have you checked all the prepared dishes, and don't mix any stale ones..."

"There are still blankets, remember to replace them with bright red ones... and Yingyue, there is still a pair of "囍" characters in the adult's room, hurry up and paste them."

"Hey, good!"

In the past four or five years, when has Bai Mansion been so lively? Bai Yan was still dreaming of meeting Duke Zhou, and when he couldn't get cold, he covered his face with a wet cloth, "Hiss!"

He almost jumped up from the couch.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yan Ruli standing by the bed with a rippling smile on his face.

If it wasn't for the fact that Bai Yan put Chu Hong's underwear beside his pillow, he would almost have thought that Yan Ruli was the one who got married.

"It's going to be three poles in the sun, are you still sleeping?" Yan Ruli walked around the house with great interest, only to discover a lot of new gadgets.

"This mahogany frame with twigs was sent by Xiao Jiuqin? And this white-glazed ice-pattern plate, gold and jade bottle..."

"Yeah." Bai Yan put on his shoes and socks, and Luoyun brought four or five maidservants in and stood in a row, holding trays full of clothes and accessories.

"This...isn't it so grand, right?" Bai Yan felt a toothache when he looked at it, and when Yan Ruli stood up, he saw that the inner garment on his body was not made of ordinary material, but a cloud silkworm that was extremely rare in the southeast. It takes three to five years to weave a bolt of silk.

Even the inner clothes are so precious, Yan Ruli suddenly wondered what Bai Yan's wedding dress looked like.

He watched Luoyun busy ordering this and that, and it took him a cup of tea just to clean his face, let alone tie his hair and wear a crown, which took half an hour.

"Forget about makeup." Bai Yan blocked the hand that the maid extended.

Yan Ruli looked interested, "Don't tell me, you are usually cold and noble, but now you are dressed like this, and there are some things that are said in the book like exiles."

Dongzhu, who was only the size of a child's fist, responded to him.

Yan Ruli caught it and sighed, "You said you were poor, look at the fineness of this Dongzhu, the princess of the royal family may not be so big, you say you are a man, what Dongzhu you want, why don't you give it to me. "

"What can I do for you?" Bai Yan wasn't stingy, he was just curious.

As expected, Yan Ruli did what he expected, and he smiled, "You are getting married now, and those of your colleagues who should get married have also got married. Now I am left alone, so I can't make any plans."

"It's not like all of you who are high-ranking, powerful, rich, and look like a disaster to the country and the people. I, who is both powerful and lacking in talent, naturally can only make some money to make a appearance."

"Aren't you afraid that others will take your wealth?" Bai Yan didn't believe Yan Ruli's words. This guy has been used to traveling in the southwest, southeast and south for many years. He has a lot of shops underneath. The combined wealth of his family is not as good as three or four out of ten.

Yan Ruli put down the Dongzhu, and picked up another jade pendant to play with, "It's okay to have plans, but I'm afraid they don't plan for anything. I've spent half my life and ended up alone. Isn't it empty and lonely..."

He spoke in an incoherent manner, but Bai Yan only took him for a joke, and the two talked for a while, Luo Yun stood beside him almost dying of anxiety, "My lord, if you don't wear any clothes, you will miss the auspicious hour."

Seeing this situation, the girl attendant was very impatient, but the master was still very leisurely.

Yan Ruli couldn't stop tsk-tsk, watching Bai Yan put on the wedding dress under the service of Luoyun and the others, after Bai Yan's strong resistance, he finally saved those complicated accessories and only took a piece of the most common jade pendant from under the pillow .

"Is there a story about this jade?" Yan Ruli knew the origin of this jade pendant just by looking at the frayed rope. He had nothing else to do, so he was curious, and looked into Bai Yan's hand with his head hooked, "A token of love between you two?"

"No." Bai Yan shook his head.

Just as Yan Ruli was about to guess again, he heard Bai Yan say, "This jade was passed down from the Hou's mansion to the children, and can be given to the wife by the children..."

"Oh, so it's... Hey, wait a minute!" Yan Ruli frowned, "You mean, the two of you...you are the husband and he is the wife?"

"Yes." Bai Yan agreed very naturally.

The more Yan Ruli looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong. He touched the height of Bai Yan and Xiao Jiuqin, and finally asked with some doubts, "Pingjin Hou's body, can you bear it?"

Bai Yan looked calm, as if the two of them were not talking about love affairs, but about family and country affairs, "Being a person and doing things is not about force, but about intelligence."

He was dressed in red, clearly seductive, he didn't look like a groom who was going to get married, but like a thousand-year-old fox who ran out of the deep mountains.

Yan Ruli was a little worried for him, "If Marquis Pingjin is in a hurry, won't you be able to show your talents?"

Bai Yan: "..." Xiao Jiuqin shouldn't be so worthless, right?

Regardless of how the two of them said "the sky is in full swing", when the auspicious time came, Xiao Jiuqin would set off from the Hou Mansion.

Today, he is rare and handsome, and the big horse he sits on is also docile. Along the way, the people on the street surrounded him.

"This Marquis of Pingjin didn't know how he was bewitched by that treacherous sycophant. He clearly didn't want a bright future, so he took dirty water on himself..."

"That's right, that thief has ulterior motives, and His Majesty doesn't know what he's thinking. It's not good to give Marquis Pingjin any kind of person. It has to be such a heartless and ungrateful sycophant!"

"The Marquis of Pingjin has been loyal and good for generations, and at this point in the end, it is the result of not even giving a chance to future generations..."

"A loyal minister marrying a traitor is a big joke in the world!"

They said everything along the way, but most of them were pity for Xiao Jiuqin and abuse for Bai Yan.

Xiao Jiuqin didn't hear it at first, but later everyone's voices became louder and the content became more and more difficult to listen to. He suddenly lost his joy, waved the horsewhip in his hand, and said loudly with ten percent of his inner strength:

"I, Xiao Jiuqin, begged to marry Bai Yan. If you continue to ruin his reputation indiscriminately, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

His words were earth-shattering, and he undoubtedly admitted his defense of Bai Yan in front of everyone.

If there were people who felt that he was "forced" before, then looking at his words and deeds now, it can be seen that from the beginning to the end, it was the Marquis of Pingjin who rushed to marry Bai Yan.

He hung his heart on Bai Yan, and when others knew that they were not blind and did not deceive themselves, they would think of what they should think of.

So after that, it was spread from ten to ten, and it didn't take long for most of the people in Yingdu to know that Xiao Jiuqin was obsessed with ghosts, and wished they could send him to Baifu.

And Bai Yan also knew about Xiao Jiuqin's defense of him in public on the way.

He paused slightly after hearing this, Yan Ruli looked at his expression, and tentatively said, "Why don't you just stay in Baifu and wait for him to come to welcome you?"

"Just tell him to move forward, what's the matter with me standing still." There was something in Bai Yan's words, Yan Ruli was slightly startled, "You have suffered a lot for so many years, it's normal for him to take the initiative."

As a friend of Bai Yan, Yan Ruli first cared about Bai Yan. Although he was not hostile to Xiao Jiuqin, after all, he had only returned to Yingdu for a few months, not even half a year, and the two of them went from "you die, we die" " to "mutual promise for life", how strange this is.

"There is no one who is not difficult, but I am luckier, and I can see the moon when the clouds open. Now I must take this step. This is to live up to him."

After speaking, he got on his horse and walked in the direction of Hou's mansion.

Yan Ruli realized later, looked at Bai Yan's back and murmured, "Why do I feel... are you fooling me?"

Cheng Yang happened to drive his horse to follow, and overheard Yan Ruli's words, he couldn't help smiling, gloating, "Master Yan, why don't you understand?"

"My lord's meaning is very simple. The one who sits in the mansion waiting for the groom is the wife, and the one who rides to welcome the groom is the husband."

"And I forgot to mention that my lord has learned to ride a horse for a long time in order to be able to look heroic on horseback this day..."

Yan Ruli: "..." It's because I'm out of control!

One set off from Bai Mansion, and the other set off from Hou Mansion, each with their own little calculations along the way.

Until...the two met on the street.

"A Yan?" Xiao Jiuqin looked confused, "Aren't you waiting for me to marry you in Baifu?"

"I can't wait to come first!" Someone in the crowd was booing, Xiao Jiuqin was embarrassed, and Bai Yan's face was flushed.

Although I am used to surfing on weekdays, but that is in private, now there are people on the side of the road, they look at me and you, all with unnatural expressions.

"Which family set off together to get married, and they bumped into each other halfway. Are you planning to pay homage here?"

"That's right, marrying is not marrying, marrying is not marrying, what kind of marriage is it?"

"Hey, you are wrong. Both of them are men, and they are both important officials in the court. Do you think this is the same as ordinary people? No one is weaker than the other. Why can't they start at the same time?"

"It's all about marriage, and it's all about marriage!"

There was another commotion in the crowd, Xiao Jiuqin looked at Bai Yan from a distance, his heart softened suddenly, he moved his mouth, and Bai Yan burst out laughing.

"Don't be poor."

"After today, you will be whatever you say, and I will listen to you." Xiao Jiuqin comforted Bai Yanzi with his reputation. Not long after, the two walked side by side, wearing dazzling red clothes. One was handsome and the other was heroic. It's compelling, and the people looked at it and couldn't help but sigh "Made in heaven and earth".

While everyone was talking, Xiao Jiuqin suddenly stretched out his arms, pulled Bai Yan from his horse, hugged the person in his arms tightly, and said in a low voice, "Let's go to worship soon, I can't wait... "

"Oh..." Bai Yan was very calm.

Xiao Jiuqin couldn't bear it anymore, with a wave of the whip, the horse galloped away immediately, and the following team beating gongs and drums was silent for a moment.

"This...do you want to continue?"

You look at me and I look at you, wide-eyed and small-eyed, and in the end they all followed tacitly.

Well, this is the only family that got married in such an ingenious way. There is no official groom who "holds" the official groom and flies away, forgetting everything behind.

It didn't take long for Xiao Jiuqin to bring Bai Yan to the gate of the Hou's Mansion. When the congratulators saw the "unexpected" appearance of the two, they didn't pay much attention. Their expressions changed and they said auspiciously as usual.

Xiao Jiuqin looked inside, hugged Bai Yan down, took his hand naturally, and walked inside without hesitation.

The brazier was broken, the red silk was lost, and the bridegroom officer was leading the bridegroom officer, and there was no one to be seen outside.

The guests were a little puzzled, but Xiao Jiuqin couldn't wait to pull Bai Yan to worship.