According to marriage customs, on the third day after the wedding, the couple will return to their parents' home. This is called returning home for three dynasties.
Zhang Yue and Qi Niang had lunch at Wu's house, also known as the Guining Banquet, and then went home before dark.
On this day, several carriages from the Wu Mansion stopped in front of Zhang's house.
Zhang Yue took Qi Niang's hand and got into the carriage, and then the two of them headed to Wu Mansion.
When the carriage was still a few miles away from the Jinliang Bridge, servants from the Wu Mansion rode into the mansion on fast horses to report. When Zhang Yue's Seventeenth Mother arrived at the Wu Mansion, Wu Anchi was already waiting in front of the door.
When Wu Anchi saw Zhang Yue, he smiled and saluted, and Zhang Yue said, "I've met my second brother-in-law."
Wu Anchi said with a smile: "My seventeenth brother-in-law blocked the door that day by mistake. I really had no choice. My parents have been waiting for you for a long time. Please come in."
Zhang Yue was immediately invited to the door. Wu Chong and Li Taijun were sitting high in the inner hall. On the left and right were relatives of the Wu family, such as Wu Anshi and his wife, Wu Anchi and his wife, Ouyang Fa and his wife, Lu Xiji and his wife, Wen Jifu and his wife, etc. .
Among Wu Yu's relatives in the capital, three of Wu Yu's ten sons are in the capital. As for Wu Fang, Wu Jing's family also has several children in the capital, but they are not in the inner hall, but are placed in the side hall.
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that such a large battle in the Wu Mansion naturally attaches great importance to this new son-in-law.
Zhang Yue and Qi Niang kowtowed to Wu Chong and Li Taijun.
Wu Chong and Li Taijun both looked at Seventeenth Niang carefully, but they saw that Seventeenth Niang was wearing a bright red shirt and a gold-trimmed bra, with a rosy complexion and a radiant look.
No need to guess too much, we also know that Zhang Yue is really good to Qi Niang.
Wu Chong, who was originally solemn, had a slight smile on his face, but this was what he expected. When Li Taijun saw that Wu Chong looked good, he quickly said: "Don't kneel down, help them up quickly."
Zhang Yue Qiniang was immediately helped up by others.
Li Taijun smiled at Zhang Yue and said, "My little girl has been pampered since she was a child and has a wild temper. If there is anything wrong with her in the future, I'll take care of it, Mr. Zhuangyuan."
Zhang Yue said: "My mother-in-law is here, I really don't dare to take this as my son-in-law. My wife is gentle and virtuous, and she is really a good match. Being able to marry her is a blessing that my son-in-law has cultivated for three generations."
When Zhang Yue talked about his wife being gentle and virtuous, he originally wanted to add, "Don't worry, my mother-in-law, my wife will never come to prick her because of the lion's roar in Hedong." The seventeenth mother said what she said in the bridal chamber, but she thought that there were many people in the inner hall, so she The words came to his lips but he still held them back.
But when Zhang Yue thought of this, he couldn't help but glance at Qi Niang beside him.
Seventeen Niang saw the look on Zhang Yue's face that was half-smile but not a smile. Although she couldn't guess what he was thinking in his heart, she definitely didn't have anything nice to say, so she immediately pinched Zhang Yue's lower back quietly.
Zhang Yue Leng couldn't help but feel the pain, his brows moved, and he acted as if nothing had happened.
Wu Chong and Li Taijun are such delicate people. Although they can't see the little moves between Zhang Yue and Qi Niang, they can't see the slight differences in their expressions.
In fact, not only Wu Chong and Li Taijun, but several sisters of the Wu family also noticed that their sister had been very proud since she was a child, but she seemed to act like a little girl in front of Zhang Yue. It was obvious how the two of them felt about each other after their wedding.
The sisters of Seventeenth Niang were happy for Seventeenth Niang, but they also felt a little sour in their hearts.
Li Taijun was in a different state of mind. She had seen all four of her sons-in-law when they returned home. Although whether the marriage can be harmonious depends on the future management of the couple, if there are twists and turns from the beginning of the marriage, then it will be difficult for them to be harmonious in the future. Not much.
Now it seems that the Seventeenth Mother is really the best to marry.
Of course the happiest person among the crowd was Wu Chong. Seeing Zhang Yue's seventeenth mother meet Wu Anshi one by one, Ouyang sent them, he said: "The couple are tired from traveling, don't stand and lecture, sit down first" Take a break.”
Li Taijun smiled when he heard this and said, "Master is really considerate."
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
Immediately everyone stood up, and Li Taijun told Zhang Yue's Seventeenth Mother: "You and your wife will follow Andu, Anshi, and Anzhi have met their relatives first. When the banquet is held, they will call you. Seventeen, you need to help me entertain the champion Lang."
Zhang Yue's Seventeenth Mother had just met Ouyang Fa, his wife, and others. They had known each other for a long time, but this was the first time that Seventeenth Mother had met her younger brother Wu Anshi.
Wu Anshi is the youngest son of Wu Chong. He is only eleven or twelve years old now. Compared with his two brothers, Wu Anshi is even more shy and afraid of meeting strangers.
The rest are a few children. They are the third generation of Wu Chong, including Wang Anshi's grandson Wu Tong.
The newly grown phoenix chicks in Nanshan are not as sharp as paintings. He loved pears (referring to toys) when he was young, and had to read five cartloads of books when he grew up.
When Mrs. Wang took Wu Tong back to her parents' home to meet Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi heard that Wu Tong didn't like studying and loved to play. Wang Anshi persuaded her daughter not to let her control him strictly, saying that he should just play when he was a child and then study when he grows up.
It can be seen that the matter of being favored by another generation inevitably happened to Wang Anshi.
Later, Wu Anshi and others introduced Zhang Yue to meet relatives from the other three rooms of the Wu Mansion.
For example, the elders of the Wu family all took Yin as officials. Wu Andu's current official is the Prime Minister of Guanglu Temple, Wu Anchang's original official is the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, and Wu Anhou's original official is Fengli Lang of Taichang Temple.
Wu Andu and the other three were all Yin officials. Apart from receiving their salaries, they had no assignments and were just waiting for the Ministry of Personnel's annotation. As for Wu Andu, the highest-ranking official of this generation in the Wu family, his official position as Prime Minister of Guanglu Temple was only the thirty-ninth rank of Beijing official.
Zhang Yue is now the thirty-eighth-level Prime Minister of Dali Temple, and his official position is still above that of Wu Andu. Moreover, Zhang Yue was a Jinshi, so their future prospects were incomparable.
Although the other disciples of the Wu family's eldest family claimed to be Xiyin, they had no intention of becoming officials and left the capital early.
As for the second and third bedrooms of the Wu family, the situation was much worse. Wu Jingguan, the second bedroom official, went to Taichang Temple Cheng (the 39th rank of the imperial official), and then died of illness.
Wu Fangguan of the third room went to the capital official Wai Lang (the 33rd rank of Beijing official), but he was hunted down as a third official for committing crimes and is now under the supervision of Shouzhou. Therefore, the children of the second and third families do not even have official positions, and now they make a living by relying on the property that the Wu family bought in Beijing.
Zhang Yue met so many people and sighed that he had seen what a big family is. He couldn't help but think of Ning Rong's second house in the Dream of Red Mansions. If you do well, you can be an official in the court, and if you don't do well, you can get a shelter. This way, The family continues.
The children in the second and third bedrooms of the Wu family are all very well-educated and very polite. Of course, they also understand that the situation of the Wu family is not as good as it was then. Maybe in ten or twenty years, the whole Wu family will rely on Zhang Yue.
When Wu Chong's father, Wu Daiwen, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, was in Beijing, every time a countryman came to visit, no matter what the countryman's status was, he would have his nephews and nephews listed on the left and right to serve and teach him (see Neng Gaizhaimanlu).
It can be seen from this that when Wu Daiwen was there, the Wu family's family education was very strict. No wonder all four sons were awarded Jinshi and a prime minister was appointed.
Now that Wu Daiwen is no longer here, although the family tradition is a bit loose, it is still generally upright.
Seeing that Zhang Yue and everyone in the Wu family were almost finished talking, Wu Chong called Zhang Yue to the side hall.
Zhang Yue understood that his father-in-law had something to tell him.
