At night, Ding Ze held the lamp and led Xu He the way.
Xu He said: "You have worked hard these days. Now Qin Lie, Zhou Bi, and Xiao Er have all obtained official status. Do you want to go to the south to gain experience and gain a better future in the future?"
Ding Ze turned sideways in front and shook his head and said: "Master, I'm leaving, and you won't have anyone to listen to here, and I don't trust the others. At least I'm by your side, and a few people can't get close to you, Master." You are safe, sir!"
Xu He said: "You have a clear mind and good means. You will definitely achieve great results when you go out to do things. It's a pity that you are trapped by my side!"
Ding Ze didn't feel it was a pity: "I can learn a lot by following the young master. Although I don't have any talent in reading, I still learned a lot about how to deal with the world."
"Besides, if I hadn't met the young master, I would have starved to death. Even if I hadn't starved to death, I still don't know where I would be working for others!"
"I am very satisfied to be by your side!"
Xu He smiled and did not try to persuade her anymore, but nodded: "Put this aside for now. I really can't live without you recently, but you must hurry up on your marriage, and Juan'er's! You are all grown up!"
Ding Ze said with a smile: "Young master, don't worry about it. When I have time, I will go back to Uncle Zheng and marry any woman I want!"
"Juan'er's matter, let me see..."
"Um?"
"I think she seems to be interested in Xu Peng..."
Xu He was stunned when he heard this: "Is there still such a thing?"
"My daughter's family, how can you have the nerve to tell me that I, the elder brother, guessed it?"
Xu He nodded. Since coming to the capital, Brother Peng has often come to his house and has met Juan'er many times. It's normal for Juan'er to be interested in Brother Peng.
Thinking of this, Xu He said: "Since this is the case, I will take the time to ask Brother Peng! If there is no problem, our two families can be considered married!"
Ding Ze nodded happily and said, "That's great!"
The two of them were talking and unknowingly arrived outside the princess courtyard.
At this moment, two lanterns came out of the courtyard.
Taking a closer look, they turned out to be the two newly appointed female stewards of the inner courtyard, Juan'er and Rong'er.
"Brother, just send him here. Let's welcome the young master in!" Juan'er was not polite to Ding Ze at all and would drive him out if she spoke.
Now is different from the past. After the princess comes, if she lacks the rules, she will be laughed at by the people in the palace.
It doesn't matter to them that they are laughing at these servants, but Juan'er thinks it's a big deal if they can't show off to the young master.
Next to her, Rong'er squatted down and said, "I've seen the young master, I've seen him, I've seen Brother Ding!"
Xu He nodded and said to Ding Ze: "In that case, then go back and rest early!"
Ding Ze nodded, turned and left.
…
When Xu He entered the princess's boudoir, sure enough, Zhang Huiheng was sitting on the bed, talking to some women and girls.
Seeing Xu He come in, her face turned red.
Xu He sat down at the table, looked at his newlywed wife and said, "Hui Heng, what are you talking about?"
A woman said garrulously: "Husband-in-law, we are talking about folk marriage. If the man is a scholar, he will also recite poems to encourage marriage!"
"Yes, we don't have this rule in the palace. It's a pity. The prince-in-law is the number one scholar, so why can't he just pick up the makeup poems at his fingertips?"
There has been a tradition of dressing up women when they get married since the Tang Dynasty. It means, hurry up, I am impatient to marry you home, so don’t leave any traces!
However, in the Wei Dynasty, the royal family naturally did not have such rules.
But everyone is embarrassed now that there are so many light bulbs in the house.
It would be a bit shameful to just kick people out. Anyway, poems for urging makeup should not be passed down through the ages, as long as the meaning is good, then for Xu He, it is really easy to come by.
"Then make it up!" Xu He waved his hand in high spirits.
"good!"
"The Number One Scholar is going to compose a poem!"
"Don't even talk!"
…
Zhang Huiheng was also excited. What made her most proud of marrying Xu He was that Xu He was the number one scholar! It is the first "Six Poems of Xu" since the beginning of the imperial examination!
My husband is very talented in literature, so what wife wouldn’t like her husband’s literature to be used on her body?
At this moment, she had long forgotten her shyness, and looked at Xu He expectantly with affection.
Xu He looked at the furnishings in the room and soon found:
It is said that the candles are red and pink, and spring is not celebrated in front of the mirror.
There is no need to put makeup on the face, and the eyebrows are left to be painted.
…
After reading a poem, all the women in the room became crazy.
They may not understand the meaning of the poem.
But I can still understand the last sentence.
The prince-in-law wants to draw eyebrows for the princess.
The princess is so happy!
Afraid of doing anything on behalf of others.
Everyone put themselves into this poem, a young and handsome husband, who personally drew his own eyebrows...
The eyes of the women in the room seemed to be covered with mist.
Especially Zhang Huiheng, her whole body went numb when she thought of the scene in the poem, and she looked at Xu He with longing.
"The Number One Scholar sings again!"
"Yeah, let's play another one!"
"Consort! The poem you wrote is so good, slaves, no, the princess still wants to hear it!"
Zhang Huiheng glared at the speaker angrily and thought to himself: "You are the only one who talks too much. What are you talking about?"
Xu He nodded and said with a smile: "Then compose another one!"
After thinking about it, Xu He said:
The toothpick on the treasure rack presses the painting wheel, and the pen bed and inkstone box are carried around.
The jade platform has its own words to encourage makeup, and it is discussed in detail before the banquet of flowers and candles.
In this poem, Xu He is very realistic.
I have many sentences to encourage makeup, but I discussed them in detail with the bride during the wedding ceremony.
The implication is that everyone understands it.
A bunch of maids and women stared at each other, not understanding what the poem meant.
But Ronger must have read the book. After hearing this poem, he blushed and said: "Everyone, go out, the princess and the consort are going to have a rest!"
Ah, are you about to be kicked out?
Haven’t heard enough yet!
A group of women and maids left with unfinished business.
Juaner waited for everyone to leave and quickly fetched water for the two of them to wash up.
The bed in the new house has three sides, and some auspicious patterns are carved on it, but it is not transparent.
Generally, there was a curtain on the right side of the bed in this era. The curtain was used to wash the body, and things like tiger pods were also placed behind the curtain.
If you need to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, you can do it at the end of the bed without going out.
Now comes the problem.
Wash, who washes first?
It's the first time for newlyweds, in front of each other, just through the curtain, you can hear the sound of water, it's very shy, okay?
"How about this? Princess, please go first!"
"No, no, no, Xu He, you come first!"
"Oh, let me read a book first!"
"I don't have any books!"
"That's it, you should go first!"
Juan'er and Ronger: "..."
In the end, Xu He went in with a shy face.
After a while, Xu He put on his underwear and went directly to bed. The problem is left to you, Zhang Huiheng.
Seeing that what was supposed to come was finally coming, the princess's face was so red that she was almost bleeding. She squirmed and finally got into the curtain.
A moment later, Xu He heard a rustling sound coming from the end of the bed. To be honest, at this moment, he was restless!
